# jupyterhub/binderhub

Run your code in the cloud, with technology so advanced, it feels like magic!

Repository: https://github.com/jupyterhub/binderhub
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/binderhub
Homepage: https://binderhub.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: jupyterhub, binder, jupyter-notebook
Last push: 2026-08-05T07:25:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3417, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2669, forks 408 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.388391+00:00)

## What it is
BinderHub builds Docker images from Git repositories using repo2docker and connects them to JupyterHub, serving live, interactive Jupyter notebooks in the cloud. It is the software behind mybinder.org and can be self-hosted on Kubernetes.

## Use cases
- turn a git repo into runnable jupyter notebooks in the browser
- self-host a binder service on kubernetes
- make research notebooks reproducible and shareable via a link
- serve interactive notebooks from a specific branch, tag, or commit
- build docker images automatically from repository configuration

## When to choose
- you want to share executable notebooks with a public URL
- you need on-demand, ephemeral computing environments for teaching or research
- you run Kubernetes and want your own Binder deployment

## When to avoid
- you only need local notebook execution without cloud serving
- you need persistent user storage or heavy compute per session
- you cannot run Kubernetes, since BinderHub depends on it

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, deployment, container-orchestration, cloud
- domain: data-science, education, self-hosted, cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: jupyter, binder, repo2docker, reproducible-science, notebooks, docker-image-building, kubernetes, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- jupyterhub/binderhub (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.388391+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:18:12.759267+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jupyterhub/binderhub (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.388391+00:00, sha 0173d2483fa7)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/binderhub/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:01:20.830030+00:00, sha eeb1d42b85f0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.