---
id: ipywidgets
version: "8.1.8"
license: BSD 3-Clause License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# ipywidgets — Jupyter interactive widgets

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install ipywidgets
uv add ipywidgets
poetry add ipywidgets

## Description

# ipywidgets: Interactive HTML Widgets

**ipywidgets**, also known as jupyter-widgets or simply widgets, are
[interactive HTML widgets](https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/blob/main/docs/source/examples/Index.ipynb)
for Jupyter notebooks and the IPython kernel.

This package contains the python implementation of the core interactive widgets bundled in ipywidgets.

## Core Interactive Widgets

The fundamental widgets provided by this library are called core interactive
widgets. A [demonstration notebook](https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/blob/main/docs/source/examples/Index.ipynb)
provides an overview of the core interactive widgets, including:

- sliders
- progress bars
- text boxes
- toggle buttons and checkboxes
- display areas
- and more

For more information, see the main [documentation](https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets#readme).

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

ipywidgets provides interactive HTML widgets (sliders, buttons, text boxes, progress bars, and more) for Jupyter notebooks and IPython kernels, enabling dynamic user interfaces within notebook environments.

Verdict: ipywidgets is a permissively licensed package with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, well-suited for adding interactive controls to Jupyter notebooks. Maintenance status is aging at 285 days since last release, typical for a stable foundational library.

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