THOA Documentation

Welcome to the THOA documentation.

THOA lets you run bioinformatics workflows on powerful cloud instances. Instantly, reproducibly, and without complex setup. It is designed to remove the barriers often found when configuring bioinformatics pipelines, so you can focus on results instead of infrastructure.

Why THOA?

Bioinformatics analysis often involves large datasets and computationally intensive jobs. Setting up hardware, managing dependencies, and keeping runs reproducible can be time consuming and error prone. THOA takes care of the compute environment for you, making it easy to run and manage jobs securely in the cloud.

What is a Dataset?

A Dataset is a collection of input files that you upload into THOA.
Datasets are stored safely and can be reused across multiple jobs.
Each dataset only needs to be uploaded once. THOA automatically detects duplicates and reuses existing datasets to save time and storage. Manage and access here: Datasets →

What is a Job?

A Job is a workflow run on THOA, using a pipeline and a datasets as input.
THOA handles scheduling, execution, logging, and result storage automatically.
Manage and access here: Jobs →

What is an API Key?

An API Key allows you to access THOA programmatically, for example, when using the CLI or integrating THOA into automated pipelines.
Your API key identifies you and your resources and should be kept private.
Learn more here: API Keys →

Getting Started

Quickstart →

Get started with THOA in minutes, install the client, and launch your first job directly from your terminal.

Using the CLI →

For automation and advanced users. Learn how to run jobs directly from your terminal, manage resources, and integrate THOA into your pipelines.

Thoa Cookbook →

A growing collection of guides for running different types of bioinformatic analyses with THOA.