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RStudio vs Jupyter: catalog facts
RStudio	Jupyter
Freemium The IDE is free; the Posit AI assistant is a paid add-on with a free trial.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
Editor, console, data viewer and environment pane in one window Data frame viewer with sorting, filtering and histogram filters	Supports over 40 programming languages Rich interactive output in notebooks
Built around R; other languages are secondary AI assistant requires a paid subscription after the trial	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
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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