Jupyter Kernel for Deno

Available since 1.37.0

Deno ships with a built-in Jupyter kernel that allows you to write JavaScript and TypeScript; use Web and Deno APIs and import npm packages straight in your interactive notebooks.

deno jupyter is currently unstable

deno jupyter is currently an unstable feature and thus requires the --unstable flag. We intend to stabilize this feature in an upcoming release.

Quickstart

Run deno jupyter --unstable and follow the instructions.

You can run deno jupyter --unstable --install to force installation of the kernel. Deno assumes that jupyter command is available in your PATH.

After completing the installation process, the Deno kernel will be available in the notebook creation dialog in JupyterLab and the classic notebook:

You can use the Deno Jupyter kernel in any editor that supports Jupyter notebooks.

VS Code

• Install the VSCode Jupyter extension
• When on a new or existing Notebook, click creating a new Jupyter Notebook select "Jupyter kernels" and then select Deno

JetBrains IDEs

Jupyter Notebooks are available right out of the box.

Rich content output

Deno Jupyter kernel allows you to display rich content in your notebooks using MIME types that Jupyter supports.

To do that, you need to return any JavaScript object that has a [Symbol.for("Jupyter.display")] method. This method should return a dictionary mapping a MIME type to a value that should be displayed.

{
  [Symbol.for("Jupyter.display")]() {
    return {
      // Plain text content
      "text/plain": "Hello world!",

      // HTML output
      "text/html": "<h1>Hello world!</h1>",
    }
  }
}

Since it's just a function, you can use any library you want to format the output. This is not tied to Deno itself in any way, because we're using a regular JavaScript symbol index.

jupyter console integration

You can also use Deno Jupyter kernel in the jupyter console REPL. To do that, you should launch your console with jupyter console --kernel deno.