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Livebook vs Jupyter: catalog facts
Livebook	Jupyter
Free Free to download, with source code on GitHub.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
Runnable Elixir and Erlang code cells alongside Markdown Real-time collaboration on notebooks	Supports over 40 programming languages Rich interactive output in notebooks
Centred on Elixir rather than general-purpose languages Most useful to people already working in the Erlang ecosystem	Runs through a local server, which adds setup compared with a plain editor Notebook files can be awkward to diff and review in version control
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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