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JupyterHub vs marimo
Pick JupyterHub if you want the published Google Colab stack (multi-user notebook servers). Pick marimo if you want that reactive Python file.
Facts checked 25 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
JupyterHub in the catalog marimo in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| JupyterHub | marimo | |
|---|---|---|
| License | BSD-3-Clause (catalog) source | Apache-2.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | Python (catalog) | Python (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 8,362 stars in the catalog; last push 24 Oct 2026 source | 23,236 stars in the catalog; last push 25 Oct 2026 source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/jupyterhub-notebooks. Proxy plus a spawner. | Same stack. Reactive notebook stored as a script. |
| Best for | The published Colab replacement. | A reactive Python file if JupyterHub is not the shape. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both sit on /stacks/jupyterhub-notebooks. JupyterHub is jupyterhub/jupyterhub. marimo is marimo-team/marimo. JupyterLab is the IDE, not this pair. SurfSense is research Q&A, not this pair. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Is this NotebookLM?
- Cited research stays on /replace/notebooklm (SurfSense). This pair is a data-science kernel.
- Where is JupyterLab?
- Named on /best/notebooks-data-science. It is the IDE JupyterHub can spawn, not this pair.
- Are these free?
- JupyterHub is BSD-3-Clause. marimo is Apache-2.0. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy JupyterHub?
- Open /stacks/jupyterhub-notebooks. Persist notebooks. Create one user.
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