# golemfactory/clay

Golem is creating a global market for computing power.

Repository: https://github.com/golemfactory/clay
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/golemfactory-clay
Homepage: https://golem.network
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: golem, ethereum, p2p, python
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-12-27T15:33:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3941, "days_push": 1345, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2877, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:27.457947+00:00)

## What it is
Clay Golem is a Python implementation of a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace for renting idle CPU and GPU computing power, with Ethereum-based payments between requestors and providers. The project has been discontinued and replaced by the yagna-based Golem Network.

## Use cases
- rent out my idle computer's CPU and GPU power for crypto
- run compute-heavy tasks on a decentralized network instead of cloud providers
- build an app that pays for distributed computing with Ethereum tokens
- earn GLM tokens by sharing my machine's resources
- find a decentralized alternative to AWS for batch computation

## When to choose
- you specifically want the legacy Clay/Brass Golem Python node for historical or research purposes

## When to avoid
- you want to actually use the Golem Network today - use yagna and the yapapi/yajsapi SDKs instead
- you need maintained, supported software
- you want a centralized cloud with SLAs and predictable pricing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: p2p, cloud, cryptography, rpc, sdk
- domain: microservices, blockchain, cloud-computing, gpu-computing
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: decentralized-computing, marketplace, ethereum, distributed-compute, discontinued, golem-network, cryptocurrency, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- golemfactory/clay (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.457947+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:35:41.527339+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/golemfactory/clay (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.457947+00:00, sha 1ad63dc51cf2)
  - homepage: https://golem.network (fetched 2026-08-29T09:51:19.598904+00:00, sha 146c426eb44a)
  - site_page: https://golem.network/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:51:19.601564+00:00, sha 0b892d9a4c57)
  - site_page: http://docs.golem.network/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:51:19.603281+00:00, sha 0fa86195b394)
  - site_page: https://docs.golem.network/docs/creators (fetched 2026-08-29T09:51:19.604870+00:00, sha a127cf5f8c15)
  - site_page: https://docs.golem.network/docs/providers (fetched 2026-08-29T09:51:19.606418+00:00, sha 47aa154bc914)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.