Burla is a python package for running functions on remote computers.

With Burla, anyone can scale arbitrary python over thousands of virtual machines in the cloud. It's open-source, requires little setup, and is simple enough for even complete beginners.

Basic example:

Burla is a python package with only one function: remote_parallel_map.

Given any python function, and a list of inputs, remote_parallel_map calls the given function, on every argument in the list, at the same time, each on a separate virtual machine in the cloud.

Here's an example:

from burla import remote_parallel_map

my_arguments = [1, 2, 3, 4]

def my_function(my_argument: int):
    print(f"Running on remote computer #{my_argument} in the cloud!")
    return my_argument * 2
    
results = remote_parallel_map(my_function, my_arguments)

print(f"return values: {list(results)}")

Each call to my_function runs on a separate virtual machine in the cloud, in parallel. With Burla, running code on remote computers feels the same as coding locally. This means:

• Errors thrown in your code will appear on your local machine just like they normally would.

• Anything you print appears on your local machine, just like it normally does.

• Responses are pretty quick (you can run a million simple functions in a couple seconds).

For more info on remote_parallel_map see our overview page, or the API docs. To test out the code in the example above, hit the "Try it now" button at the top of the page!

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