All About CoCalc

CoCalc’s Mission

"We are redefining collaboration in science, engineering, and mathematics by providing easily accessible and sustainably supported tools for computing, teaching, and publishing research."

Our Vision

CoCalc advances science, engineering, and mathematics communities by enabling a higher level of collaboration between researchers, students, and teachers.

To accomplish this, we develop a universal online environment that facilitates the collaborative use of tools for computation, scientific publication, and course management.

Moreover, CoCalc makes you more productive by providing (and maintaining) the software you need right out of the box.

CoCalc was founded to remove the installation problems associated with open-source software and make it more available. In turn, there is a solid commitment to giving back to the open-source ecosystem.

By improving CoCalc features and supporting other open-source projects, we aim to create a continuous refinement cycle for our product and the open-source community.

We also support additional privacy protection via on-premises deployments.

Jupyter Notebooks

CoCalc provides an interactive web-based Jupyter notebook that supports many popular kernels (such as Python, Julia, R, and SageMath) and allows for simultaneous collaboration between project members with seamless synchronization.

Our notebooks also include a unique feature called TimeTravel which enables users to recover their previous work and directly visualize what other collaborators have contributed to the file.

Collaborative LaTeX Editor

CoCalc features a collaborative LaTeX editor, which can produce technical documents with advanced mathematical formulas or require a higher degree of formatting control.

What sets CoCalc apart from other LaTeX editors is that it provides automatically generated PDFs and implements automated compiling so collaborators can work simultaneously. It also incorporates side-chat functionality, enabling one to research and publish within the same platform.

Online Linux Terminal

A collaborative Linux Command Line Terminal perfect for running graphical X11 applications and learning Bash scripting. Rest assured, all files are backed up and quickly accessible for later reference.

You can also process/store datafiles, run Python, R, PHP, Ruby, Go, Perl, and Nodejs scripts, and compile programs written in C/C++, Java, Rust, Assembly, Fortran, Julia, Zig, or Haskell.

Collaborative Whiteboard

The newest CoCalc innovation is a collaborative Whiteboard where project members can sketch, run code, create post-it style notes, and hold side chats to streamline project organization and management.

Whiteboard is a user-friendly application that can be quickly utilized by professionals and students in any field, making the work necessary for quality research and learning go much more smoothly.

Course Management System

Using CoCalc’s Course Management System, you can assign, collect, and grade student coursework using our conscientiously designed teaching tools.

By supplying teachers with a robust implementation of nbgrader, we make automated grading possible. This allows us to relieve the immense effort put into manual grading while providing students with immediate feedback.

Pricing Made For Everyone

We offer various license configurations that will satisfy any budget constraint (or computing needs) one may have, and we support on-premise deployments for additional privacy requirements.

Start using CoCalc under a free trial plan to test out the service. After that, academics and hobbyists get a substantial 40% discount and receive further price deductions by purchasing a monthly or yearly subscription.