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Livebook vs JupyterLab Desktop: catalog facts
Livebook	JupyterLab Desktop
Free Free to download, with source code on GitHub.	Free Free and open source, maintained by the JupyterLab project.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Runnable Elixir and Erlang code cells alongside Markdown Real-time collaboration on notebooks	Runs JupyterLab in its own window without a manual server setup Can install a Python environment for notebooks
Centred on Elixir rather than general-purpose languages Most useful to people already working in the Erlang ecosystem	Electron-based, so heavier than using JupyterLab in an existing browser Bundled environments add significant disk use
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
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 October 1, 2026

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