Livebook – create interactive and collaborative code notebooks

Livebook is a web application for creating interactive and collaborative code notebooks. It combines Markdown documentation with executable Elixir code cells, making it suitable for data exploration, automation, teaching, documentation and reproducible computational workflows.

Code is edited using a feature-rich CodeMirror editor, while the Kino library lets notebooks display interactive charts, tables, maps and other rich results. Livebook can run locally, on a remote server, inside a container or as a Linux desktop application. Notebooks use the text-based livemd format, which works well with version control and can include mathematical formulae and Mermaid diagrams.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Interactive notebooks combining Markdown and executable Elixir code cells.
• Evaluate individual code cells on demand.
• Rich CodeMirror editor with autocompletion, inline documentation and code formatting.
• Display interactive charts, tables, maps and other rich results through Kino.
• Smart cells provide graphical interfaces for querying databases, plotting charts, building maps and performing other high-level tasks.
• Maintains a predictable execution order for reproducible notebooks.
• Integrated package management.
• Tracks notebook state and identifies cells containing stale results.
• Real-time collaboration between multiple users without additional configuration.
• Text-based livemd notebook format designed to work well with version control.
• Supports Markdown documentation, Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX mathematical formulae.
• Connects to a fresh Elixir runtime, an existing Elixir node or an existing Elixir project.
• Access modules and dependencies from an attached Elixir project.
• Import remotely hosted notebooks using a Run in Livebook link or badge.
• Deploy notebooks as applications.
• Self-hosted and decentralised architecture.
• Token and password authentication options.
• Available as Linux AppImages for x86-64 and AArch64 systems.
• Can be deployed using Docker or installed directly through Elixir.
• Supports deployment on embedded devices through Nerves Livebook.

Website: github.com/livebook-dev/livebook
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Developer: Dashbit
License: Apache License 2.0

Livebook is written in Elixir. Learn Elixir with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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