Welcome to CoCalc’s User Manual!

This explains in depth how you can work productively on CoCalc.

• Introduction
  • What is CoCalc?
  • Why CoCalc?
  • Why NOT CoCalc?
  • Comparing with Others
  • Getting Started
  • Videos
  • Tours
  • CoCalc News
• Core Applications
  • Jupyter Notebooks
  • LaTeX Editor
  • Linux Terminal
• Signature Features
  • AI Assistant
  • Chatrooms
  • Collaborate. Share! Publish!!!
  • TimeTravel
  • Compute Servers
  • Cloud File System
• Enhanced Capabilities
  • Frame Editor
  • Software Environment
  • Visual Studio Code Server
  • R IDE
  • X11 Graphical Desktop
  • Sage Worksheets
  • Markdown
  • Rich Text Editing
  • CSV Viewer
  • Whiteboard
  • Task Lists
  • Stopwatches and Timers
  • Slides
  • Snippets
  • Backups
  • API Keys
  • API v2
  • API v1 (deprecated)
  • Display Options
• User Interface
  • The Fullscreen Button
  • Projects
  • Project Toolbar
  • Activity Bar
  • Project Home
  • Flyout Panels
  • Explorer
  • (+) New
  • Default contents for new files
  • Project Log
  • Files Search
  • Servers
  • Users
  • Upgrades
  • Processes
  • Project Settings
  • Account Dropdown Menu
  • Account Toolbar
  • Preferences
  • Purchases
  • Billing FAQ
  • iPad
• Service Options
  • Trial Projects
  • Licenses
  • Pay-As-You-Go Purchases
  • Vouchers
  • CoCalc OnPrem
  • CoCalc Desktop
• How-tos
  • CoCalc Platform
  • Jupyter Notebooks
  • Programming Languages
  • Servers
  • Tools
• Instructor Guide
  • Creating a New Course
  • Upgrading Student Projects
  • Restrict Student Projects
  • Course Management
  • Collaboration
  • After the Course Ends
  • FAQ, Tips and Tricks
  • Peer Grading
  • Teaching with nbgrader
  • nbgrader for R
  • CoCalc for Short Training Sessions
  • Upgrading Student Projects (legacy version)
• Student Guide
  • What is CoCalc?
  • Working in your course project
  • Our teacher requires us students to pay. How?
• Troubleshooting
  • Can’t Save File
  • CoCalc says your clock is off
  • Debugging connectivity issues
  • Disk Space Warning
  • File Too Large
  • GAP Jupyter kernel not available
  • Install compiled software
  • Jupyter Kernel Terminated
  • License Doesn’t Work
  • Low Memory Problems
  • Program Seems Slow or Stuck
  • Question about Sage
  • Recovering a Deleted File
  • Recovering a Deleted Project

Indices, references and tables

Appendix

• References
• Index