A native companion for the CANFAR Science Portal
Manage your interactive science sessions — Jupyter notebooks, CARTA, VNC desktops, Firefly — directly from your device. No browser needed.
Launch, monitor, extend, and delete CANFAR science sessions — Notebook, Desktop, CARTA, Firefly, and Contributed.
Pick from the CANFAR image catalogue or supply a custom container registry image with authentication credentials.
Real-time cluster CPU, GPU, and RAM utilisation at a glance so you can plan your workloads.
View your VOSpace home directory usage at a glance. Know exactly how much space you have left.
Tokens stored securely in your platform's native keychain — macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, GNOME Keyring, or Android EncryptedSharedPreferences.
Quick re-launch from your session history. Auto-refresh keeps active sessions up to date while any session is pending.
View detailed session events and container logs directly in the app for troubleshooting and monitoring.
No data collection, no analytics, no third-party services. All communication goes directly to CANFAR services over HTTPS.
Each app is crafted with the platform's native toolkit — SwiftUI on macOS, WinUI 3 on Windows, GTK 4 & libadwaita on Linux, Jetpack Compose on Android.
Free and open source. Choose your platform.
C# · WinUI 3
Native Windows app with Fluent Design. Available on the Microsoft Store.
SwiftUI · macOS 14+
Native SwiftUI app. Zero dependencies, Keychain storage, seamless macOS integration.
Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · Material 3
Native Android app with biometric unlock support. Material You design language.
Rust · GTK 4 · libadwaita
Native GNOME app built with Rust. Secure credentials via Secret Service API (GNOME Keyring / KDE Wallet).
Verbinal is free and open source software. Every platform client is built in the open — contributions, issues, and feedback are welcome.
The apps connect to the CANFAR Science Portal, an open-source web platform by the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre that provides interactive sessions for astronomical research — powered by the Skaha container orchestration service.
