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ipylab1.0.0

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Control JupyterLab from Python notebooks

pip install ipylab

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Requires Python

>=3.8

ipylab

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Control JupyterLab from Python notebooks.

The goal is to provide access to most of the JupyterLab environment from Python notebooks. For example:

  • Adding widgets to the main area DockPanel, left, right or top area
  • Build more advanced interfaces leveraging SplitPanel, Toolbar and other Lumino widgets
  • Launch arbitrary commands (new terminal, change theme, open file and so on)
  • Open a workspace with a specific layout
  • Listen to JupyterLab signals (notebook opened, console closed) and trigger Python callbacks

Try it online

Try it in your browser with Binder:

Binder

Or with JupyterLite:

JupyterLite

Examples

Add Jupyter Widgets to the JupyterLab interface

widgets-panels

Execute Commands

command-registry

Custom Python Commands and Command Palette

custom-commands

Build small applications

ipytree-example

Compatibility with RetroLab

A subset of the features can be used in RetroLab:

retrolab-example

Installation

You can install using pip:

pip install ipylab

Or with mamba / conda:

mamba install -c conda-forge ipylab

Running the examples locally

To try out the examples locally, the recommended way is to create a new environment with the dependencies:

# create a new conda environment
conda create -n ipylab-examples -c conda-forge jupyterlab ipylab ipytree bqplot ipywidgets numpy
conda activate ipylab-examples

# start JupyterLab
jupyter lab

Under the hood

ipylab can be seen as a proxy from Python to JupyterLab over Jupyter Widgets:

ipylab-diagram

Development

# create a new conda environment
mamba create -n ipylab -c conda-forge jupyter-packaging nodejs python -y

# activate the environment
conda activate ipylab

# install the Python package
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"

# link the extension files
jupyter labextension develop . --overwrite

# compile the extension
jlpm && jlpm run build

Related projects

There are a couple of projects that also enable interacting with the JupyterLab environment from Python notebooks: