Wolfram Computational Notebooks

Giving ideas a broad communication pipeline—accelerating research, education and technical development

Wolfram Notebooks combine text, literate programming, graphics and custom interactive elements into the ultimate environment for data science, modeling, research and education. Computational notebooks can be deployed to any desktop, tablet or web browser.

Wolfram pioneered the computational notebook paradigm and has led innovation on the concept for more than three decades. With human-readable code and an AI assistant for faster, easier programming, Wolfram Notebooks offer effective technical communication in one convenient and portable package.

How Wolfram Notebooks Work

Generate results right away with interactive coding in Wolfram Language—no programming experience required. Our AI assistant provides immediate results and code you can edit and reuse.

Input

Output

SHIFT+ENTER evaluates input

Rotate and resize graphics interactively

Type a single-quote (‘) character for AI assistant help

AI assistant provides code with an explanation and documentation

Code from the chat can be evaluated immediately

Code from the chat can be edited

Real-time manipulation with multiple parameters

Input and output are organized in cells

AI chat inputs can refer to previous cells

Wolfram Notebook with interactive Manipulate output and multiple parameter sliders

Wolfram Notebook demonstrating real-time manipulation with a 3D graphic

Wolfram Notebook showing AI assistant output with code explanation

Wolfram Notebook with AI chat input referencing a previous output cell

Features of Wolfram Notebooks

Mix text, graphics, interfaces and other elements with live code on the web, your desktop or mobile devices.

Narrative text

Built-in graphics with high-level styling options

Add descriptions to your code to explain what it does

Create interactive interfaces to explore data or show results with minimal coding

Ctrl+= enables free-form input

Millions of fully computable entities across hundreds of entity types

Information-rich visualizations combine plots, charts,
graphs and images

Display translated function names with code captions

Instantly publish your results online

Cell brackets show document structure

Structured data import for a broad range of file types and data formats

Closed cell hides code for a cleaner workflow

Type % to choose a previous output to reference

Callout showing how typing % in a Wolfram Notebook lets you reference a previous output

Typing a function name generates suggestions

Hovering over a function name gives a

summary or

documentation

Callout showing ListLinePlot function name generating autocomplete suggestions in a Wolfram Notebook

Mathematical typesetting for optimal display

Instant visualizations of multiple datasets

Wolfram Notebook slides showing mathematical typesetting and instant multi-dataset visualizations

Wolfram Notebook slides demonstrating structured data import and cell bracket document structure

Wolfram Notebook slides showing closed cells for cleaner workflows and free-form Ctrl+= input

Wolfram Notebook slides illustrating millions of computable entities and information-rich visualizations

Wolfram Notebook slides showing one-click online publishing and code captions with translated function names

Wolfram Notebook slide showing high-level graphics styling options

Wolfram Notebook slide showing narrative text mixed with live code

Wolfram Notebook slide showing an interactive interface built with minimal code

Instant visualizations of multiple datasets

Why Wolfram Notebooks

Diagram illustrating the integrated ecosystem of Wolfram Notebooks, Wolfram Language, Wolfram Knowledgebase and Wolfram Cloud

Fully integrated ecosystem

Wolfram Notebooks are created and manipulated using Wolfram Language, which includes built-in connections to the Wolfram Knowledgebase, the Wolfram Cloud and other Wolfram technologies for a seamless experience.

Everything is computable

All Wolfram Notebook content—text, images, code, even the notebook itself—can be made part of a computation within our flexible, coherent data framework, providing a unified platform for interface creation, history tracking, document generation and low-level customizations.

Interactive development tools

Wolfram Notebooks include a range of user interface tools for code completion, image editing and vector graphics, as well as high-level documentation. Chat Notebooks provide interactive access to LLMs for ease of code creation.

Wolfram Notebook published as an interactive online document, driven by real-time computation

Dynamic deployments

Published documents are fully interactive and editable, driven by real-time computation instead of pre-computed results. Interactive elements of online notebooks, forms and webpages work with no extra effort.

Modular workspace

Conveniently access and interact with documents, packages, utilities, data and other essential elements of your workflow in a single unified system.

One-click launch

All Wolfram Notebook interfaces—desktop, web, mobile, embedded—are integrated and ready for immediate computation, with no need to configure compilers, servers or other external systems.

Consistent user experience

Computational notebooks work the same on all desktop platforms and in the cloud and we continue to maintain backward compatibility for reliable and effective long-term usage.

Wolfram Notebook Resources

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