Use `pip install pip --upgrade` to upgrade pip. Check pip version with
`pip --version`.
## 7.5
Jupyter Notebook 7.5 is based on JupyterLab 4.5, and includes a number of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements for extension developers. This release is compatible with extensions supporting JupyterLab 4.0. Extension authors are recommended to consult the [Extension Migration Guide](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extension/extension_migration.html#jupyterlab-4-4-to-4-5) which lists deprecations and changes to the public API.
Below are a few highlights for this new release. Most of the new features and improvements come from the update to JupyterLab 4.5, although they may not all be supported in Notebook 7.5.
For reference you may have a look at the [JupyterLab 4.5 changelog](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/changelog.html#v4-5) to learn more.
### Notebook improvements
The default windowing mode is now `contentVisibility` which improves cell rendering and alleviates previously reported issues. The minimap can be enabled for all windowing modes and all notebooks via the `Settings` menu, or by toggling the minimap per notebook with the `View` -> `Show Minimap` option.
Additional fixes improve layout containment and scrollbar behavior when working with long cells.
### Debugger and console enhancements
The debugger's evaluate dialog has been replaced with an interactive console featuring syntax highlighting and code completion. The variables panel now preserves state when switching editors. Visual improvements include highlighted selected breakpoints, improved empty line handling, and a paused indicator. Debugger panels now reference cell execution counts.
<imgalt="Debugger panels with reference to execution counts and paused indicator as well as console evaluation"
Log Console users can configure default log levels and customize toolbars.
## 7.4
### Terminal enhancements
Jupyter Notebook 7.4 is based on JupyterLab 4.4, and includes a number of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements for extension developers. This release is compatible with extensions supporting JupyterLab 4.0. Extension authors are recommended to consult the [Extension Migration Guide](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extension/extension_migration.html#jupyterlab-4-3-to-4-4) which lists deprecations and changes to the public API.
The terminal now includes search functionality, with search highlights that adapt to theme changes.
Below are a few highlights for this new release. Most of the new features and improvements come from the update to JupyterLab 4.4, although they may not all be supported in Notebook 7.4.
### Media and content support
For reference you may have a look at the [JupyterLab 4.4 changelog](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/changelog.html#v4-4) to learn more.
Built-in audio and video viewers allow direct file playback within Jupyter Notebook.
### Code console improvements
<imgalt="Video file opened in a Jupyter Notebook tab"
The code console prompt can now be positioned on the top, left, or right side of the console,
in addition to the default bottom placement. The placement is persisted in the Prompt Cell
Position setting.
### File browser enhancements
The console toolbar now includes buttons to:
- Execute code
- Restart the kernel
- Clear the cells
- Switch the kernel
- There is a new `allowFileUploads` setting to control upload permissions.
- Menu options for creating Python, R, or Julia files are now available from the New menu.
- The "Select All" command is now available with the Ctrl + A (or Cmd + A on macOS) keyboard shortcut in the file browser.
- Breadcrumbs are now configurable through `breadcrumbsLeftItems` and `breadcrumbsRightItems` settings.
<imgalt="The option to change console prompt position is available under the three dots button in the console toolbar, which is the last toolbar button"src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/11f5a82a-0dd2-439b-a520-d04c73363bfe"class="jp-screenshot">
### Settings editor improvements
Additional settings for console behavior have been added:
- Clear Code Content on Execute (enabled by default) – When disabled, the code submitted for execution remains in the code editor, allowing for further edits.
- Hide Code Input – When enabled, only the execution output is shown in the console.
- Clear Cells on Execute – When enabled, only the last cell is displayed.
The `addExtraLineOnCellMerge` setting removes extra lines when merging cells, matching classic notebook behavior.
Toggling all the three new settings transforms the console into an interactive editor
resembling an ephemeral notebook with a single cell.
### Cell toolbar settings
<imgalt="Toggling all the three new settings transforms the console into a single cell"src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/86eb1114-0d60-4379-a370-b538717fc74f"class="jp-screenshot">
The cell toolbar settings are now exposed in the Settings Editor, making it easier to customize the cell toolbar appearance and behavior.
### Settings import and export
### Keyboard shortcuts
Settings can now be exported to `overrides.json` from the Settings Editor,
which can be used to pre-configure defaults in deployments or to restore settings.
The `O` key has been defined as the keyboard shortcut to toggle cell outputs, restoring this familiar functionality from the classic notebook.
<imgalt="The Import and Export buttons in the Settings Editor are the first two items in the toolbar panel"src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/main/docs/source/getting_started/changelog_assets/4.4-settings-import-export.png"class="jp-screenshot">
### User interface and accessibility
### Support for collaboration without `RTC:` drive
Automatic theme switching between light and dark modes is now available when system synchronization is enabled. Dialog components display buttons and checkboxes on separate lines for improved readability. Terminal selections show better visibility under high-contrast themes. Keyboard navigation and status bar tab ordering have been improved.
Real time collaboration in previous versions of JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook
(which can be enabled by installing jupyter-collaboration package)
was implemented by swapping the default JupyterLab file system
drive to a collaborative drive with the `RTC:` prefix.
This approach was incompatible with multiple extensions.
JupyterLab 4.4 introduces the Content Providers API, which allows the next version of `jupyter-collaboration` to work without changing the drive prefix.
This improves compatibility with extensions that do not support arbitrary drives.
### Breaking changes
### Context menu opt-out
Python 3.8 support has been dropped in this release.
The context menu, available under right mouse click in browsers, can now be disabled globally
by toggling the `Enable Context Menu` option available in the Command Palette,
or via the JSON Settings Editor in the Application Context Menu.
- Bump systeminformation from 5.23.14 to 5.27.14 in /ui-tests [#7788](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7788) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab `4.6.0a0` [#7787](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7787) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
### Contributors to this release
The following people contributed discussions, new ideas, code and documentation contributions, and review.
See [our definition of contributors](https://github-activity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#how-does-this-tool-define-contributions-in-the-reports).
([GitHub contributors page for this release](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/graphs/contributors?from=2025-12-16&to=2025-12-17&type=c))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0b1 [#7746](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7746) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0b0 [#7739](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7739) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0a4 [#7728](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7728) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Increase the checkpoint polling interval to 30s [#7711](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7711) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Define `O` as the keyboard shortcut to toggle cell outputs [#7709](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7709) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0a3 [#7703](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7703) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
### Bugs fixed
- Expose the cell toolbar settings [#7766](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7766) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Fix open file with “#” in the filename [#7698](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7698) ([@itsmevichu](https://github.com/itsmevichu))
### Maintenance and upkeep improvements
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0 [#7768](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7768) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0rc1 [#7764](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7764) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0rc0 [#7755](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7755) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump the actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates [#7751](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7751) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Use Node.js 24 / npm 11 to publish releases [#7749](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7749) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump the actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates [#7704](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7704) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0a2 [#7694](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7694) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump prefix-dev/setup-pixi from 0.8.10 to 0.8.11 in the actions group [#7675](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7675) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Bump prefix-dev/setup-pixi from 0.8.8 to 0.8.10 in the actions group [#7665](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7665) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Bump brace-expansion from 1.1.11 to 1.1.12 in /ui-tests [#7664](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7664) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Revert "CI: pin to `jupyter-core<5.8.0` on Windows" [#7657](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7657) ([@minrk](https://github.com/minrk))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0a1 [#7656](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7656) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- CI: pin to `jupyter-core<5.8.0` on Windows [#7655](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7655) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0a0 [#7650](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7650) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Run UI tests on `ubuntu-latest` [#7639](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7639) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.4.1 [#7638](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7638) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump prefix-dev/setup-pixi from 0.8.5 to 0.8.8 in the actions group [#7637](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7637) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Bump prefix-dev/setup-pixi from 0.8.4 to 0.8.5 in the actions group [#7632](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7632) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
- Drop support for Python 3.8 [#7628](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7628) ([@honnix](https://github.com/honnix))
### Documentation improvements
- User facing changelog for 7.5 [#7770](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7770) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Clean up references to Gitpod [#7767](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7767) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Fix link to Code of Conduct in CONTRIBUTING.md [#7758](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7758) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0rc1 [#7764](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7764) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump the actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates [#7751](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7751) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
### Documentation improvements
- Fix link to Code of Conduct in CONTRIBUTING.md [#7758](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7758) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Update to JupyterLab v4.5.0a4 [#7728](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7728) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Increase the checkpoint polling interval to 30s [#7711](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7711) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Define `O` as the keyboard shortcut to toggle cell outputs [#7709](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7709) ([@jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Bump the actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates [#7704](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/pull/7704) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
### Contributors to this release
([GitHub contributors page for this release](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/graphs/contributors?from=2025-08-18&to=2025-09-24&type=c))
Jupyter Notebook 7.4 is based on JupyterLab 4.4, and includes a number of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements for extension developers. This release is compatible with extensions supporting JupyterLab 4.0. Extension authors are recommended to consult the [Extension Migration Guide](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extension/extension_migration.html#jupyterlab-4-3-to-4-4) which lists deprecations and changes to the public API.
Below are a few highlights for this new release. Most of the new features and improvements come from the update to JupyterLab 4.4, although they may not all be supported in Notebook 7.4.
For reference you may have a look at the [JupyterLab 4.4 changelog](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/changelog.html#v4-4) to learn more.
### Code console improvements
The code console prompt can now be positioned on the top, left, or right side of the console,
in addition to the default bottom placement. The placement is persisted in the Prompt Cell
Position setting.
The console toolbar now includes buttons to:
- Execute code
- Restart the kernel
- Clear the cells
- Switch the kernel
<imgalt="The option to change console prompt position is available under the three dots button in the console toolbar, which is the last toolbar button"src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/11f5a82a-0dd2-439b-a520-d04c73363bfe"class="jp-screenshot">
Additional settings for console behavior have been added:
- Clear Code Content on Execute (enabled by default) – When disabled, the code submitted for execution remains in the code editor, allowing for further edits.
- Hide Code Input – When enabled, only the execution output is shown in the console.
- Clear Cells on Execute – When enabled, only the last cell is displayed.
Toggling all the three new settings transforms the console into an interactive editor
resembling an ephemeral notebook with a single cell.
<imgalt="Toggling all the three new settings transforms the console into a single cell"src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/86eb1114-0d60-4379-a370-b538717fc74f"class="jp-screenshot">
### Settings import and export
Settings can now be exported to `overrides.json` from the Settings Editor,
which can be used to pre-configure defaults in deployments or to restore settings.
<imgalt="The Import and Export buttons in the Settings Editor are the first two items in the toolbar panel"src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/main/docs/source/getting_started/changelog_assets/4.4-settings-import-export.png"class="jp-screenshot">
### Support for collaboration without `RTC:` drive
Real time collaboration in previous versions of JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook
(which can be enabled by installing jupyter-collaboration package)
was implemented by swapping the default JupyterLab file system
drive to a collaborative drive with the `RTC:` prefix.
This approach was incompatible with multiple extensions.
JupyterLab 4.4 introduces the Content Providers API, which allows the next version of `jupyter-collaboration` to work without changing the drive prefix.
This improves compatibility with extensions that do not support arbitrary drives.
### Context menu opt-out
The context menu, available under right mouse click in browsers, can now be disabled globally
by toggling the `Enable Context Menu` option available in the Command Palette,
or via the JSON Settings Editor in the Application Context Menu.
Make sure to follow [Project Jupyter's Code of Conduct](https://jupyter.org/governance/conduct/code-of-conduct)
Make sure to follow [Project Jupyter's Code of Conduct](https://github.com/jupyter/governance/blob/master/conduct/code_of_conduct.md)
for a friendly and welcoming collaborative environment.
## Setting up a development environment
@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jupyter notebook
### Local changes in Notebook dependencies
The development installation described above fetches JavaScript dependencies from `npm`.
The development installation described above fetches JavaScript dependencies from [npmjs](https://www.npmjs.com/),
according to the versions in the _package.json_ file.
However, it is sometimes useful to be able to test changes in Notebook, with dependencies (e.g. `@jupyterlab` packages) that have not yet
been published.
@ -243,5 +243,6 @@ Alternatively you can also contribute to Jupyter Notebook without setting up a l
- Run `pixi shell` in a terminal to activate the development environment
- Use the commands above for building the extension and running the tests, for example: `jlpm build`
- To start the application: `pixi run start`. A popup should appear with a button to open the Jupyter Notebook in a new browser tab. If the popup does not appear, you can navigate to the "Forwarded ports" panel to find the URL to the application.
- GitHub's [built-in editor](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-files/editing-files) is suitable for contributing small fixes.
- [Gitpod](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/jupyter/notebook) integration is enabled. The Gitpod config automatically builds the Jupyter Notebook application and the documentation.
- GitHub’s [built-in editor](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-files/editing-files) is suitable for contributing small fixes.
- A more advanced [github.dev](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/the-githubdev-web-based-editor) editor can be accessed by pressing the dot (.) key while in the Jupyter Notebook GitHub repository
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is for example the case for community contributed themes such as [jupyter-t
Fortunately installing a custom theme for Notebook 7 is very easy. It is the same process as installing a regular extension.
For example let's say you want to install the [JupyterLab Night](https://github.com/jupyterlab-contrib/jupyterlab-night) theme. You can do so by running the following command:
For example let's say you want to install the [JupyterLab Night](https://github.com/martinRenou/jupyterlab-night) theme. You can do so by running the following command:
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