mPAKT Compute v0 · beta

A box is a GitHub repository (public, or private once you connect GitHub below) plus a memory range and a CPU filter. It gets an address under . When someone opens that address, the grid picks a volunteer's device, sends it the request, and relays the answer. Between requests nothing runs.

What it runs is decided by what is in the repository:

index.html             static site — served straight from memory
worker.js / index.js   JavaScript:  export default { async fetch(request, env) { return new Response("hi") } }
main.py / app.py       Python:      def handler(request): return "hi"     (or a WSGI app, e.g. Flask)
Dockerfile             a container listening on port 8080 (installed Docker volunteers, or a Linux VM in a browser)
mpakt.json             optional: {"runtime","entry","root","port","image","spa"}

Nothing is stored. Code is pulled from GitHub into memory when it is needed. A box has no disk that survives a request. To keep anything, talk to a database over HTTP.

No internet by default. A box cannot reach the network until you turn its internet on, and then everything it sends leaves through Tor — slower, and some sites refuse Tor. In JavaScript use fetch; in Python await mpakt.fetch(url) from an async def handler.

Volunteers see what they run. The code, each request and each response pass through someone else's device. Do not put secrets in a box you would not show a stranger.

Memory and CPUs. The minimum is what a volunteer must have free to be chosen; the preferred amount is what you get, and pay for, when it is there. "web" is a browser tab — cheap and everywhere; x86_64 and arm64 are installed volunteers — fewer, twice the price, and much faster at containers (browsers run them in a Linux virtual machine, with a cold start of tens of seconds).