News: Jupyter notebook integration in GUI

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+title: "Jupyter notebook integration in GUI"
+date: 2026-07-17T12:00:00+02:00
+layout: "news"
+author: Linda Karlovska and the GRASS Dev Team
+---
+
+### Jupyter notebooks can now be launched from the GRASS GUI
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+The GRASS development branch now includes built-in Jupyter integration, 
+planned for the upcoming GRASS 8.6 release (not released yet).
+The idea was presented at the [GRASS Community Summit](https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Developer_Summit_Raleigh_2025) 
+in Raleigh and, after a longer development cycle, was merged this week.
+It provides one of the most direct ways to work with Jupyter notebooks in GRASS, 
+which is especially useful for teaching and for presenting reproducible workflows.
+
+<a href="/images/news/jupyter_startup_dialog.png">
+  <img src="/images/news/jupyter_startup_dialog.png"
+   alt="Jupyter Startup Dialog"
+   title="Jupyter notebook configuration via Startup window"
+   width="53%" style="float:right;padding-left:25px;padding-top:0px">
+</a>
+
+To launch Jupyter from the GUI, go to **File -> Jupyter Notebook** or 
+click the Jupyter button in the top Tools toolbar of the GRASS window.
+This opens the Startup dialog, where you can configure your notebook environment. 
+Choose where to store your notebooks, and if you want ready-to-use examples, 
+check the **Create Welcome Notebook** option.
+When selected, GRASS creates a template notebook with simple analysis examples 
+using the Tools API, which has been the recommended scripting approach since version 8.5.
+Each notebook storage location runs on its own Jupyter server and GRASS manages it automatically,
+so you do not need to worry about server instances.
+
+Once configured, you can choose between two ways how to interact with the notebooks: Browser mode or Integrated mode.
+
+In **Browser mode**, Jupyter opens in your default web browser while staying connected
+to the GUI session. The GUI shows the server URL, PID, and notebook storage path, and provides
+quick actions to reopen the browser or stop the server.
+
+In **Integrated mode**, notebooks open as native GUI tabs. 
+You can create new notebooks, import/export, undock panels, and stop the server directly
+from the interface.
+
+<a href="/images/news/jupyter_integration_mode.png">
+  <img src="/images/news/jupyter_integration_mode.png"
+   alt="Jupyter Integration Mode"
+   title="Integrated Mode - Jupyter embedded directly in GRASS GUI"
+   width="100%" style="float:right;padding-left:25px;padding-top:5px">
+</a>
+
+For full details, see the [Jupyter in GUI guide](https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/blob/main/gui/wxpython/docs/wxGUI.jupyter.md).
+
+This feature extends existing ways of working with notebooks in GRASS. 
+To try GRASS without local installation, you can use Binder:
+[![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/OSGeo/grass/main?labpath=doc%2Fexamples%2Fnotebooks%2Fjupyter_tutorial.ipynb).
+For local setup, see the [Get started](https://grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tutorials/get_started/fast_track_grass_and_python.html) tutorial 
+and the [Windows-specific tutorial](https://grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tutorials/get_started/JupyterOnWindows_OSGeo4W_Tutorial.html). 
+For cloud setup, check out the [Google Colab tutorial](https://grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tutorials/get_started/grass_gis_in_google_colab.html).
+
+Along with Jupyter integration, the upcoming 8.6 release will also bring more GUI improvements, 
+including Data Catalog enhancements for spatio-temporal datasets and computational regions. 
+Stay tuned!
+
+*Linda Karlovska (Czech Technical University in Prague) and the GRASS Dev Team*
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