jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets
Interactive Widgets for the Jupyter Notebook observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 74
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 170
- age_days: 4156
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 14
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
3326 stars · 972 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ipywidgets is a Python library providing interactive HTML widgets (sliders, buttons, text inputs, etc.) for Jupyter notebooks and JupyterLab. It syncs Python state with browser-rendered UI so users can build interactive dashboards and exploratory tools directly in notebooks.
Use cases
- add interactive sliders and controls to a jupyter notebook
- build interactive dashboards in jupyterlab
- make data exploration widgets in python notebooks
- create gui controls for teaching notebooks
- bind python functions to notebook ui widgets
When to choose
- you work in Jupyter Notebook or JupyterLab and want interactive controls tied to Python code
- you are building educational or exploratory notebooks with parameter tuning
- you want a mature, BSD-licensed widget ecosystem with broad Jupyter support
When to avoid
- you need widgets outside Jupyter (plain scripts, web apps, or other IDEs)
- you want production web application UIs rather than notebook tooling
- you need a framework-agnostic frontend component library
Facets
library · maturity active
ui-components data-visualization developer-tools data-science developer-tools data-visualization python browser jupyter interactive-widgets notebook jupyterlab-extension ipython web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets · fetched 2026-08-28 · a261e87114e1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets | main | 90 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets")
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