About Gist Exec

Gist exec pairs gists through github.js and the Jupyter architecture to get compute dynamically. It supports IPython/Jupyter notebooks, Markdown (with code fences), and RMarkdown (minimally).

It runs Jupyter kernels inside of Docker containers, through a temporary notebook system. The frontend exposed here is O'Reilly Media's Thebe.

There is no network access and operations are limited. If you find a bug, report it.

Hosting for the kernels is provided by developer.rackspace.com.