# microsoft/vscode-jupyter

VS Code Jupyter extension

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-jupyter
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-toolsai.jupyter
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: jupyter, vscode, vscode-extension, datascience, machine-learning
Last push: 2026-08-25T12:43:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2183, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 324, "gap_med": 26, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1530, forks 389 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.255385+00:00)

## What it is
A Visual Studio Code extension that provides Jupyter notebook support, interactive programming, and computing with language kernels, allowing any Python environment with the Jupyter package to be used as a kernel. It includes features like IntelliSense, debugging, variable exploration, remote Jupyter server connections, and works in vscode.dev and GitHub Codespaces.

## Use cases
- edit and run jupyter notebooks in vscode
- run python notebooks without jupyter lab
- debug notebook cells in an editor
- explore dataframe variables interactively
- connect vscode to a remote jupyter server
- work with notebooks in the browser on vscode.dev
- use conda environments as jupyter kernels

## When to choose
- you already use VS Code and want notebook support
- you want IntelliSense and debugging inside notebooks
- you need to connect to remote Jupyter servers or Codespaces
- you want a lightweight alternative to JupyterLab

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone web notebook server like JupyterLab
- you are not a VS Code user
- you need a Jupyter kernel itself rather than a notebook UI

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools, data-science, machine-learning
- domain: data-science, developer-tools, machine-learning, education
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin, browser
- tags: jupyter, notebooks, vscode-extension, interactive-computing, python-kernels, data-viewer, web

## Member repositories
- microsoft/vscode-jupyter (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.255385+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 2026-08-30T04:31:25.687496+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.255385+00:00, sha 6434f33bc1d5)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-toolsai.jupyter (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.031835+00:00, sha 733d92b66ccd)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/datascience/jupyter-notebooks (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.040930+00:00, sha a6d7fad8b39f)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/settings-sync (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.043226+00:00, sha f4068f8c40e6)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-marketplace (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.045317+00:00, sha 8055fea4340e)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.047799+00:00, sha c367731ae7d3)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.050245+00:00, sha b6b52406dce8)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/notebook (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.054581+00:00, sha ac01f255c9f4)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/editing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.057015+00:00, sha c98498954b8f)
  - site_page: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/search?term=tag%3Arenderer&target=VSCode&category=All+categories&sortBy=Relevance (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:05.052828+00:00, sha f7476c395e24)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.