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jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets

Interactive Widgets for the Jupyter Notebook observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets · homepage · TypeScript · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) 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

Full methodology

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

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
jupyter-widgets/ipywidgetsmain90

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets")

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