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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Aug 9

The latest @marimo.io blog post is on the front page of HN — on how and why marimo represents notebooks as dataflow graphs.

Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Jul 23

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marimo @marimo.io · Jul 23

Reactive execution sets marimo apart from traditional notebooks. It keeps code and outputs in sync and prevents bugs before they happen.

Our latest release includes an interactive minimap that helps you understand how data flows through your notebook.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Apr 21

I'll be there too! Giving a talk on how @marimo.io notebooks are formed, using the AST of user code.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Apr 15

This was a fun conversation — thanks for having me @mkennedy.codes!

Talk Python Podcast @talkpython.fm · Apr 15

The latest @talkpython.fm is out with @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social and @mkennedy.codes . We're diving into reactive data science notebooks with Marimo. #python

talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...

Marimo - Reactive Notebooks for Python

Have you ever spent an afternoon wrestling with a Jupyter notebook, hoping that you ran the cells in just the right order, only to realize your outputs were completely out of sync? Today's guest has a...

talkpython.fm

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Apr 15

Buckaroo is an impressive interactive table widget by @paddymullen.bsky.social, with first-class support in @marimo.io. It even runs entirely in the browser

Paddy Mullen @paddymullen.bsky.social · Apr 15

I made a styling gallery for Buckaroo on @marimo.io
There are a variety of configurations displayed with narrative explanation, a live widget, and the exact configuration code. Play with it in the browser thanks to the Marimo WASM version.
marimo.io/p/@paddy-mul...

marimo | Buckaroo-styling-gallery

Explore data and build apps seamlessly with marimo, a next-generation Python notebook.

marimo.io

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Apr 14

🦆 Learn how @marimo.io makes it easy to work with Python and SQL — straight from the @duckdb.org!

duckdb.org/docs/preview...

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚀 We achieved a big milestone today: marimo just crossed 12200 GitHub stars — crossing Jupyter notebook, too.

We launched marimo to the public just over a year ago. People are clearly hungry for a better environment for working with data, and we have a lot more planned still.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

Thanks @paddymullen.bsky.social for helping make marimo better with all your feedback! 🙏

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

marimo is free and open source: github.com/marimo-team/....

Please give it a try — we appreciate any and all feedback!

GitHub - marimo-team/marimo: A reactive notebook for Python — run reproducible experiments, query with SQL, execute as a script, deploy as an app, and version with git. All in a modern, AI-native edit...

A reactive notebook for Python — run reproducible experiments, query with SQL, execute as a script, deploy as an app, and version with git. All in a modern, AI-native editor. - marimo-team/marimo

github.com

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

This blog post is the second in a series that goes deep into why we think the Python notebook needs reinventing and what we're doing about it.

The first post, in case you missed it: marimo.io/blog/lessons...

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

Treating notebooks as code makes them more reproducible, portable, and interoperable — enabling many use cases that were previously out of reach for notebooks.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our file format lets us make use of Python standards like inline script metadata, enabling tight integration with uv for reproducibility down to the packages.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

marimo stores notebooks as plaintext Python files, with each cell represented as a function.

This makes notebooks git-friendly and importable as modules, while also supporting execution as a script and many other things.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

Jupyter notebooks are what Pydantic creator calls "horrid blobs": JSON that can't be versioned with git or treated as software.

Our blog explains how @marimo.io fixes this problem.

We also have an accompanying video by
@koaning.bsky.social!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=skuI...

We really can fix this notebook experience

YouTube video by marimo

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 19

I've spent the past 3 years working with @themylesfiles.bsky.social and others to fix Python notebooks — version with Git, run as scripts, reuse as modules.

Why @marimo.io stores notebooks as Python, not JSON: marimo.io/blog/python-...

Reinventing notebooks as reusable Python programs

Designing a Python notebook that blends the best parts of interactive computing with the sanity of code

marimo.io

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 18

"Jupyter-style notebooks are a good example of a deep architectural mistake that needs hacks on hacks to remain barely serviceable.

Luckily there are new approaches, e.g. marimo and
Pluto, that don't have the same root issue"

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 18

"Stop using Jupyter and switch to marimo"

blog.mdfranz.com/threat-hunte...

Threat Hunters: Stop using Jupyter and Switch to Marimo!

A few months ago, I listened to a podcast with one of the founders of Marimo and I didn't immediately try it out. I assumed it was another SaaS platform where I'd have to sign up for. I was wrong. V...

blog.mdfranz.com

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 18

"Just try marimo."

www.reddit.com/r/Python/com...

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 18

"Just use @marimo.io. They've fixed python notebooks."

From HN. One of many such comments we've recently seen.

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marimo @marimo.io · Mar 14

A remarkable thing about mathematical constants like π is how often they arise in nature.

Inspired by @3blue1brown.com, we made a Python notebook that computes π with two colliding blocks:

huggingface.co/spaces/marim...

Happy pi day!

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 14

The combination of Pyodide with marimo notebooks makes it easy to embed Python anywhere on the web — no backend required.

Watch our latest YouTube video to learn how to publish interactive notebooks in blogs, tutorials, and more.

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚀 The @marimo.io YouTube channel crossed 1k subscribers today — just two weeks after its launch!

marimo is best understand by seeing it in action. In his latest video, the one and only @koaning.bsky.social gives a bird's eye overview of what sets marimo apart:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6l...

An overview of marimo

YouTube video by marimo

www.youtube.com

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Anshul Kundaje @anshulkundaje.bsky.social · Mar 5

Just wanted to give a shoutout to @marimo.io (cc @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social ). If u have been using Jupyter Notebooks, u should REALLY try Marimo. It is such an upgrade. We have been actively developing on it in the lab (integration with NLP LLMs) as well & are huge fans. Strongly recommend.

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marimo @marimo.io · Mar 7

We built an interactive tool that test drives @MistralAI OCR, which came out yesterday. From our eye-ball test — it's pretty good!

Curious? Our latest YT video shares the details:
youtu.be/d4aVAe4v2gw

Testing Mistral OCR for pdf parsing

Mistral OCR was released yesterday so we wanted to give it a spin in a marimo notebook. It was pretty easy to get something interactive going but we also lea...

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Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal.bsky.social · Mar 7

Some examples.

Notebooks end up as reproducible and reusable artifacts by default (Python scripts or web apps).

Version with Git.

Designed for data, rich interactivity, no callbacks.

Reuse functions defined in your notebooks (soon) with Python imports.

More: github.com/marimo-team/...

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