opub glossary

The language of donated compute.

Short definitions for the terms donors and maintainers see across opub.

15 terms / 15 shown
C (1) D (4) L (1) M (1) O (1) P (4) S (1) T (1) U (1)

C

1 term
2 aliases

Compute key

A maintainer-created key with a dollar limit reserved from a project's donated compute balance.

maintainers compute keys

D

4 terms
3 aliases

Direct key use

Using a compute key outside opub run, where spend still accrues to the project without local session context.

compute keys spend 2 aliases

Donated compute

Project funding that becomes a dollar balance maintainers can spend on model tokens.

donations balance 2 aliases

Donation

An append-only funding event that adds dollars to a project's donated compute balance.

donations balance 2 aliases

Donor

A user who funds donated compute for an open source project through a project-level dollar balance.

donors donations

L

1 term
3 aliases

Linked spend

Project spend that opub can connect to a compute key and recent local session context.

spend compute keys

M

1 term
2 aliases

Maintainer

A project steward who can register public GitHub projects, create compute keys, and spend donated compute on model usage.

maintainers projects

O

1 term
3 aliases

One-time provider key

The provider credential shown once after compute-key creation and then kept only by the maintainer.

compute keys maintainers

P

4 terms
3 aliases

Project balance

The dollar balance a project can use for maintainer-created compute keys and provider-reported token spend.

balance donations 3 aliases

Project ledger

The public project record of donations, balance changes, and provider-reported spend events.

projects balance 3 aliases

Public donor attribution

The donor recognition metadata shown publicly, separate from private payer and accounting identity.

donors donations 3 aliases

Public GitHub project

An eligible public repository identity that opub can register, claim, fund, and track.

projects maintainers

S

1 term
2 aliases

Spend event

An append-only ledger entry for provider-reported model usage that changes a project's donated compute balance.

spend balance

T

1 term
2 aliases

Token spend

Provider-reported model usage that debits a project's donated compute balance.

spend token usage

U

1 term
3 aliases

Unclaimed project

A public project page that exists before a verified maintainer has claimed it in opub.

projects maintainers