I've read the entire website and GitHub readme, and I still have no clue what this repo does

[CodeBradley]

This is just a suggestion to add a five second elevator pitch and an explanation somewhere in the readme and website. Octave online looks like a chat and some kind of sound wave generator at the same time? No clue... Found it looking through FOSS links. I don't believe I need this(?!) so I don't plan to submit any PRs.

[dvd101x]

The first paragraph of the readme states

This repository contains the full stack of code to run Octave Online Server, the infrastructure that powers Octave Online.

Where Octave is:

Scientific Programming Language

• Powerful mathematics-oriented syntax with built-in 2D/3D plotting and visualization tools
• Free software, runs on GNU/Linux, macOS, BSD, and Microsoft Windows
• Drop-in compatible with many Matlab scripts

Octave Online is an online version of Octave and this repository allows you to make your own server (never done that myslef)

As an octave user, and an octave online user, I think the original explanation is enough.

Maybe as a user you could be more interested in the software that allows you to use numerical computing like Octave, Matlab, Numpy, Julia, R, etc. If you want to make this available for others through a server, then you could find a use for this repository.

[sffc]

Hi @CodeBradley and thank you for dropping by! Thank you @dvd101x for the accurate summary!

I agree that the README could likely do a better job of introducing the project for people who land here from origins other than scientific computing. The README does not even mention "scientific computing", which is an oversight, and references to "GNU Octave" are deep in the details.

[CodeBradley]

Ahh, really cool. This makes a lot more sense now. Thanks guys