JupyterLab vs JupyterLite
JupyterLab
jupyter.orgJupyterLite
jupyterlite.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | JupyterLab | JupyterLite |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Coding Playgrounds | 9.1 (#9) | 8.4 (#39) |
| Deployment | JupyterLab can be installed with pip, and the installation page also gives a Homebrew command for macOS and Linux. | JupyterLite sites are served as static HTTP(S) assets locally or on most static web hosts, and can be embedded in larger applications. |
| Extensions | Extensions can add functionality through public APIs; prebuilt extensions are distributed through PyPI, conda and other package managers, while source extensions can be installed from npm with a build step. | JupyterLite uses the JupyterLab extension system and can be extended with frontend extensions and custom kernels. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| License | JupyterLab source code is released under the revised BSD license, commonly identified as BSD-3-Clause. | The GitHub repository identifies the project license as BSD-3-Clause. |
| Purpose | JupyterLab is a web-based interactive development environment for notebooks, code, and data. | JupyterLite is a JupyterLab distribution that runs entirely in the browser. |
| Visualization | JupyterLab supports visualization libraries including matplotlib and Plotly, while interactive plots or widgets may require additional packages. | It supports interactive visualization libraries including altair, bqplot, ipywidgets, matplotlib, and plotly. |
Plans
In their own words
JupyterLab
JupyterLab is a web-based environment for interactive work with notebooks, code and data. Its workspace brings notebooks, text editors, terminals and custom components together in tabs and splitters. Code consoles act as scratchpads, and kernel-backed documents can run code in files such as Markdown, Python, R and LaTeX. It supports the .ipynb format used by classic Jupyter Notebook, and can view and edit formats including Markdown, images, CSV, JSON, HTML, LaTeX and PDF. Visualization libraries include matplotlib and Plotly; interactive plots or widgets may require additional packages. Extensions can add themes, viewers, editors, output renderers and interface controls, but can execute code in the browser, server and kernel, so only trusted extensions are advised. Real-time collaboration can be enabled with jupyter_collaboration. JavaScript and HTML outputs from notebooks created elsewhere remain hidden until the notebook is trusted. JupyterLab is free, open-source software under a modified BSD license, installed with pip or via a Homebrew command for macOS and Linux. It runs on Linux, macOS, the web and self-hosted systems.
JupyterLite
JupyterLite has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.