JupyterLab

An extensible computational environment for Jupyter.

API Docs

Jupyter Notebook Extension

The Jupyter notebook extension source files are in the jupyterlab/ subdirectory. To use this extension, you need Jupyter notebook version 4.2 or later.

User installation

pip install jupyterlab
jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyterlab

Start up the Jupyter notebook and open a browser to the server's URL with the path /lab (e.g., http://localhost:8888/lab).

Developer Installation

You will need npm (preferably version 5 or later).

git clone https://github.com/jupyter/jupyterlab.git
cd jupyterlab
npm install
pip install -e . # will take a long time to build everything
jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyterlab

Start up the Jupyter notebook, and then open a browser to the server's URL with path /lab (e.g., http://localhost:8888/lab).

When you make a change to JupyterLab npm package source files, run python setup.py jsdeps to build the changes and refresh your browser to see the changes.

NPM Package

The npm package source files are in the src/ subdirectory.

Prerequisites

• node (preferably version 5 or later)
• Jupyter notebook version 4.2 or later (to run examples)

npm install --save jupyterlab

NPM Source Build

git clone https://github.com/jupyter/jupyterlab.git
cd jupyterlab
npm install
npm run build

Rebuild

npm run clean
npm run build

Run Tests

Follow the source build instructions first.

npm test

Build Examples

Follow the source build instructions first. Requires a Python install with the Jupyter notebook (version 4.2 or later).

npm run build:examples

Change to the appropriate example in the examples directory and run python main.py.

Build Docs

Follow the source build instructions first.

npm run docs

Navigate to docs/index.html.

Supported Runtimes

The runtime versions which are currently known to work are listed below. Earlier versions may also work, but come with no guarantees.

• IE 11+
• Firefox 32+
• Chrome 38+

Note: "requirejs" must be included in a global context (usually as a <script> tag) for Comm targets.

Bundle for the Browser

Follow the package install instructions first.

Any bundler that understands how to require() files with .js and .css extensions can be used with this package.

Note: This npm module is fully compatible with Node/Babel/ES6/ES5. Simply omit the type declarations when using a language other than TypeScript.