Workspace Catalogue

This page provides an overview of workspace types (called “Catalog Items” on Research Cloud) supported by Utrecht University and some commonly used Catalog Items developed by SURF.

Please note this is not a full list of available workspace types on ResearchCloud: there are many more developed by other institutions.

If there is a specific environment application, or software package you think you might need, please contact us for help. If what you require is not yet available on ResearchCloud, we can also help you to create custom Catalog Items.

All UU users have access to UU items. To use UU items listed on this page, you can simply find them in the ResearchCloud portal under the ‘Catalog’ tab and request access. Most catalog items maintained by SURF will already be automatically visible for every Collaborative Organisation.

Look at the specific manual for your desired workspace to find out more about how to access it.

Note that some items listed below (for example, those that require a license) are not visible in the catalog in the portal. If you need access to them, please contact us.

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  • Access the workspace via the command line
  • Access the workspace as a remote desktop.
  • Access application via the browser.

We recommend using VRE Lab for most use cases to develop and run your code as it comes with a wide range of software that you can easily preinstall.

Programming Environments

Workspaces that come with various programming environments and data transfer utilities installed.

Name Software preinstalled Access methods OS GPU Misc Owner
VRE Lab Python
uv
RStudio
OpenVSCode
OpenRefine
CUDA (optional)

UU
Matlab Matlab
License needed UU
Open VSCode OpenVSCode
conda
poetry
uv

UU
Python Workbench Python
poetry
miniconda
uv
CUDA (optional)

UU
R Workbench R
miniconda

UU
RStudioUU RStudio
UU
SAS SAS UU
Stata Stata
License needed UU

Plain Workspaces

Workspaces that have only the operating system and essential ResearchCloud features installed.

Name Software preinstalled Access methods OS GPU Misc Owner
Ubuntu CUDA (optional)
SURF
Windows CUDA (optional) SURF, UU

Analysis Tools, Workflows & Utilities

Name Software preinstalled Access methods OS GPU Misc Owner
ASReview ASReview UU
AlphaFold3 AlphaFold UU
Galaxy Galaxy UU, SURF
Grobid Grobid UU
Nextflow Nextflow UU
Ollama Open WebUI Open WebUI
Ollama
UU
OpenRefine OpenRefine UU
Whisper OpenAI CUDA 12 Jupyter Lab
WhisperX
Whisper
UU

Experimental

There are currently no workspaces in this category.