widgyts

Spec sheet

Purpose

widgyts is a Jupyter widget package for interactive, exploratory data visualization, designed to work with yt and also handle mesh-based data.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Free plan

YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Support

The documentation lists communication channels and a help section for getting assistance.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

License

PyPI lists widgyts under the BSD-3-Clause license.Read 11 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

Browser rendering

Its pan-and-zoom widget uses WebAssembly and runs client-side in the browser after data reaches the notebook.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Dashboard type

interactiveRead 23 Sep 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Data sources

yt datasets; mesh-based dataRead 23 Sep 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Dataset overview

The DatasetViewer displays dataset parameters, fields, and other metadata, and includes a simple 3D grid viewer for AMR datasets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Dependencies

The documentation lists ipywidgets, ipydatawidgets, and yt as minimum dependencies.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Installation

The documentation recommends installing widgyts from PyPI with pip and also documents installation from source.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Interactive widgets

The variable mesh viewer includes ImageCanvas, FRBViewer, and ColorMaps widgets whose traitlets can be linked across widget instances.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

JupyterLab

The docs provide a JupyterLab extension installation route and recommend JupyterLab 0.35 or above.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Latest listed release

PyPI lists version 0.5.1, released April 14, 2023.Read 11 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

Notebook persistence

The documentation says DatasetViewer data should persist when a notebook is saved and be visible on nbviewer.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Particle support

Particle viewing is preliminary, requires explicitly adding particles, and currently works only with AMR datasets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Platform

webRead 23 Sep 2026 · widgyts.readthedocs.io

Project author

PyPI identifies the author as The yt Project.Read 11 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

yt integration

Importing widgyts monkeypatches yt Slice and Projection objects to enable display from those objects.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Data Visualization Software#97 of 986.5