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nteractJupyterLab Desktop
Free

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

 Free

Free and open source, maintained by the JupyterLab project.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Opens notebooks as native desktop documents
  • No browser-based server to launch
  • Runs JupyterLab in its own window without a manual server setup
  • Can install a Python environment for notebooks
  • Requires compatible Jupyter kernels installed
  • Niche compared with browser-based Jupyter
  • 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: BSD-3-Clause License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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