spore.hostEphemeral compute for researchers

An open-source toolkit for temporary AWS compute. Find the right EC2 instance, launch it with a hard time limit and idle shutdown, and let it manage itself — on your own AWS account. There's no new provider to sign up for, and you pay AWS only for what you use.

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How It Works

GitHub

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Truffle

Find instance types by GPU model, memory, or plain language. Compare Spot prices across regions, check your quotas before committing.

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Spawn

Launch instances in under two minutes. Automatic TTL termination, idle detection, hibernation — instances stop themselves when the work is done.

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Lagotto

Watch for instance availability and act when capacity appears. Useful for scarce GPU types where you need to wait for a spot to open up.

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Spore-bot

Control instances from Slack or Teams without opening a terminal. Start, stop, extend, and get lifecycle notifications as direct messages.

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Spored

The lifecycle daemon that runs on every instance. Watches TTL, idle timeout, Spot interruption notices, and completion signals — terminating cleanly so nothing leaks.

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MCP Server

Use Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant to manage compute through natural conversation.

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