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# Get Started

[JupyterLab](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) is a next-generation web-based user interface for
[Project Jupyter](https://docs.jupyter.org/en/latest/).

```{image} ../images/interface-jupyterlab.png
:align: center
:alt: JupyterLab showing the file browser, notebook, and several other open files.
:class: jp-screenshot
```

JupyterLab enables you to work with documents and activities such as
{ref}`Jupyter notebooks <notebook>`, text editors, terminals, and custom
components in a flexible, integrated, and extensible manner. For a demonstration
of JupyterLab and its features, you can view this video:

```{raw} html
<div class="jp-youtube-video">
  <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/A5YyoCKxEOU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
```

You can {ref}`arrange <interface>` multiple documents and activities side by side in the
work area using tabs and splitters. Documents and activities integrate with each
other, enabling new workflows for interactive computing, for example:

- {ref}`code-console` provide transient scratchpads for running code
  interactively, with full support for rich output. A code console can be
  linked to a notebook kernel as a computation log from the notebook, for
  example.
- {ref}`Kernel-backed documents <kernel-backed-documents>` enable code in any
  text file (Markdown, Python, R, LaTeX, etc.) to be run interactively in any
  Jupyter kernel.
- Notebook cell outputs can be {ref}`mirrored into their own tab <cell-output-mirror>`,
  side by side with the notebook, enabling simple dashboards with interactive controls
  backed by a kernel.
- Multiple views of documents with different editors or viewers enable live
  editing of documents reflected in other viewers. For example, it is easy to
  have live preview of {ref}`markdown`, {ref}`csv`, or {ref}`vega-lite` documents.

JupyterLab also offers a unified model for viewing and handling data formats.
JupyterLab understands many file formats (images, CSV, JSON, Markdown, PDF,
Vega, Vega-Lite, etc.) and can also display rich kernel output in these formats.
See {ref}`file-and-output-formats` for more information.

To navigate the user interface, JupyterLab offers {ref}`customizable keyboard
shortcuts <shortcuts>`.

JupyterLab {ref}`extensions <user-extensions>` can customize or enhance any part
of JupyterLab, including new themes, file editors, and custom components.

JupyterLab uses the same [notebook document format](https://nbformat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
as the classic Jupyter Notebook.

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## What will happen to the Classic Notebook?

As JupyterLab 4 development continues, and Notebook 7 development follows,
Notebook 7 will eventually replace the classic Jupyter Notebook.
Throughout this transition, the same notebook document format will
be supported by both the classic Notebook, Notebook 7 and JupyterLab.
As of JupyterLab 4, the Notebook web application, will no longer
be installed alongside JupyterLab as it is no longer a JupyterLab
dependency. To find out more about the future of the classic
Jupyter Notebook in the ecosystem, visit the
[Jupyter Notebook 7 documentation](https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migrate_to_notebook7.html).

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 2

installation
starting
issue
faq
changelog
accessibility
lifecycle
../privacy_policies
```