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Apache Zeppelin vs nteract: catalog facts
Apache Zeppelin	nteract
Free Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Supports SQL, Scala, Python, R and Spark in one notebook Connects to any JDBC data source	Opens notebooks as native desktop documents No browser-based server to launch
Needs to be installed and run as a server Setup for clusters and multiple users takes some configuration	Requires compatible Jupyter kernels installed Niche compared with browser-based Jupyter
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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