# OpenDC Collaborative Datacenter Simulation and Exploration for Everybody [](/LICENSE.txt) [](./docs) [](https://github.com/atlarge-research/opendc/releases) [](https://github.com/atlarge-research/opendc/actions/workflows/build.yml) ----- OpenDC is a free and open-source platform for datacenter simulation aimed at both research and education.  Users can construct datacenters (see above) and define portfolios of scenarios (experiments) to see how these datacenters perform under different workloads and schedulers (see below).  The simulator is accessible both as a ready-to-use website hosted by us at [opendc.org](https://opendc.org), and as source code that users can run locally on their own machine, through Docker. To learn more about OpenDC, have a look through our paper [OpenDC 2.0](https://atlarge-research.com/pdfs/ccgrid21-opendc-paper.pdf) or on our [vision](https://atlarge-research.com/pdfs/opendc-vision17ispdc_cr.pdf). 🛠 OpenDC is a project by the [@Large Research Group](https://atlarge-research.com). 🐟 OpenDC comes bundled with [Capelin](https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid:d6d50861-86a3-4dd3-a13f-42d84db7af66?collection=education) , the capacity planning tool for cloud datacenters based on portfolios of what-if scenarios. More information on how to use and extend Capelin coming soon! ## Documentation The documentation is located in the [docs/](docs) directory and is divided as follows: 1. [Deployment Guide](docs/deploy.md) 1. [Architectural Overview](docs/architecture.md) 1. [Toolchain Setup](docs/toolchain.md) 1. [Research with OpenDC](docs/research.md) 1. [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) ## Contributing Questions, suggestions and contributions are welcome and appreciated! Please refer to the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details. ## License OpenDC is distributed under the MIT license. See [LICENSE.txt](/LICENSE.txt).