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Hex vs marimo: catalog facts
Hex	marimo
Paid Commercial hosted service; pricing is not shown on the homepage.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
Combines notebooks, dashboards and AI questions in one place Generates interactive data apps from a prompt	No hidden state: changing a cell updates everything that depends on it Notebooks are plain .py files, so diffs and version control work
Aimed at companies with data teams Hosted only, with no local version	The reactive model forbids some patterns familiar from Jupyter Smaller ecosystem than Jupyter
Web application, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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