OneSciencePlace is built on open standards and open-source technologies widely adopted in research computing environments. A structured open-source distribution of the platform is in development. A managed hosting deployment is available today.

Why open source

  • Academic transparency and reproducibility.
  • Institutional self-hosting when required by policy.
  • Community contributions and long-term sustainability.

Scope of the Open Distribution

  • Core web application and user interface.
  • App runtime and container launch system (single-port web apps; GUI via embedded VNC/DCV/Xpra in the container).
  • Identity connectors (OIDC/SAML, LDAP) and per-system identity mapping.
  • Compute integration for single VM/host (no scheduler) and Slurm clusters.
  • Data integration for POSIX and S3/object; policy-based job archiving.
  • FAIR publishing components (metadata and DOIs).
  • Documentation, example app templates, and basic CI.

Some provider-specific operational tooling and automation may remain part of the managed hosting deployment.

OneSciencePlace integrates with established open-source platforms including Tapis. The system architecture reflects lessons learned from prior community efforts such as Hubzero, SeedMeLab, CIPRES, Apache Airavata, and Tapis. Attribution does not imply endorsement.

Governance

The public repository will include:

  • Issue tracking
  • Contribution guidelines
  • Roadmap visibility
  • Structured security disclosure process

Release milestones are aligned with funded development phases and institutional collaboration.

Self-Hosted vs Managed Hosting

The open distribution enables institutional self-hosting. The managed hosting option provides infrastructure operations, upgrades, monitoring, and security hardening.  Institutions interested in collaboration may contact us.