starburst: Seamless AWS Cloud Bursting for Parallel R Workloads

A 'future' backend that enables seamless execution of parallel R workloads on 'Amazon Web Services' ('AWS', <https://aws.amazon.com>), including 'EC2' and 'Fargate'. 'staRburst' handles environment synchronization, data transfer, quota management, and worker orchestration automatically, allowing users to scale from local execution to 100+ cloud workers with a single line of code change.

Package details

AuthorScott Friedman [aut, cre]
MaintainerScott Friedman <help@starburst.ing>
LicenseApache License 2.0
Version0.3.8
URL https://starburst.ing https://github.com/scttfrdmn/starburst
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("starburst")

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starburst documentation built on March 19, 2026, 5:08 p.m.