What is CoCalc?
CoCalc is an online platform for collaborative computational environments and REPLs. It allows real-time collaboration on Python and R code, LaTeX documents, Jupyter notebooks, data exploration, terminal commands and more. Multiple users can simultaneously edit worksheets, documents and notebooks and see each other's changes in real-time.
Some key features of CoCalc include:
- Supports over 35 programming languages including Python, R, Julia, SageMath, Scala, Java, C++, Fortran and more
- Integrated Jupyter notebooks with real-time collaboration features
- LaTeX editor with real-time preview
- Built-in data explorer for quick visualization and analytics
- Linux terminal access
- Course management tools for creating assignments, distributing materials and monitoring student progress
- Extensive library of pre-installed open source packages and tools
- Availability of GPUs and other specialized hardware for computations
Overall, CoCalc provides a flexible collaborative environment tailored towards computing, data analysis and STEM workflows in education and research. Its real-time capabilities and language/tool support make it stand out from other platforms focused only on code or documents.