JupyterLab
JupyterLab is the next-generation web-based user interface for Project Jupyter.
JupyterLab vs Pluto.jl:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Pluto.jl
Writing a notebook is not just about writing the final document — Pluto empowers the experiments and discoveries that are essential to getting there.
JupyterLab
Pluto.jl
Setup
No, you must host it yourself
No, you must host it yourself
Can you self-host?
Can you self-host?
You can self-host (setup in hours)
You can self-host (setup in hours)
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Jupyter-compatible
Not Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
Julia
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Connect with Jupyter libraries (e.g. SQLAlchemy, psycopg2)
Unknown
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)
Unknown
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Full, realtime reactivity
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
No notebook scheduling
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Execution is reproducible by default
File-based (use Git)
File-based (use Git)
File-based (use Git)
Experimental JupyterLab support
File-based (use Git)
Comments
Comments
File-based (use GitHub)
File-based (use GitHub)
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
File-based
File-based
Licensing
License
License
Open-source (BSD)
Open-source (MIT)
Price
Price
Free
Free