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marimo vs nteract: catalog facts
marimonteract
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

Free

Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Web Windows, macOS, Linux
  • No hidden state: changing a cell updates everything that depends on it
  • Notebooks are plain .py files, so diffs and version control work
  • Opens notebooks as native desktop documents
  • No browser-based server to launch
  • The reactive model forbids some patterns familiar from Jupyter
  • Smaller ecosystem than Jupyter
  • Requires compatible Jupyter kernels installed
  • Niche compared with browser-based Jupyter
Downloadable app 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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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