Updated Jupyter Kernels page

What is a kernel?

The kernel lets you run code in a particular programming language using one of the Jupyter tools, such as the Notebook, Jupyterlab or nteract. Installing additional kernels will let you run code in more languages using your existing jupyter installation.

Technically, the kernel is an application which speaks the Jupyter Messaging Protocol, to receive code input from the frontend and respond with the results.

Which kernels do I have installed?

In the Notebook or JupyterLab, the list of available kernels will be shown when trying to create a new notebook.

In the terminal, you can run jupyter kernelspec list to see the available kernels.

The default Python kernel (ipykernel) is usually installed by default along with Jupyter.

Available kernels

Due to the large number of different language ecosystems, there isn't a standard way to install all kernels: read the specific kernel's documentation for details.

Language	Kernel	Notes
Python (2, 3)	IPyKernel	`pip3 install ipykernel`
Julia	IJulia	`Pkg.add("IJulia")`
R	IRKernel	`install.packages("IRkernel")`
Javascript	IJavascript	`npm install ijavascript`
Javascript	jp-babel	`npm install jp-babel`
Haskell	IHaskell
Ruby	IRuby	`gem install iruby`
APL	Dyalog Jupyter Kernel
SAS	sas_kernel
Ansible	Ansible Jupyter Kernel
CoffeeScript	jpCoffeescript
C#	ICSharp
SageMath	SageMath
F#	IFSharp
Go	lgo
Go	Gophernotes	`go get github.com/gopherdata/gophernotes`
Scala	Almond	Previously called `Jupyter-scala`
Elixir	IElixir
Erlang	ierl
OCaml	OCaml-Jupyter	`opam install jupyter`
Perl 6	Jupyter-Perl6	`zef install Jupyter::Kernel`
Octave	octave_kernel	`pip install octave_kernel`
Scilab	scilab_kernel	`pip install scilab_kernel`
MATLAB	matlab_kernel	`pip install matlab_kernel`
MATLAB	imatlab
Bash	bash_kernel	`pip install bash_kernel`
Bash	Calysto Bash
Zsh	zsh_kernel	`pip install zsh_kernel`
Powershell	jupyer-powershell	`pip install powershell_kernel`
Smalltalk	JupyterTalk
Clojure	CloJupyter
Hy	Calysto Hy	`pip install calysto_hy`
Mathematica	IWolfram
Lua	ILua	`pip install ilua`
Scheme	Calysto Scheme
Processing	Calysto Processing
Spark	Apache Toree	Supports Scala, Python, R
C++	cling
C++	xeus-cling
ROOT	ROOT
Xonsh	xonsh	`pip install xonsh`
Common Lisp	common-lisp-jupyter
Maxima	Maxima-Jupyter
Common Lisp	cl-jupyter
Jython	IJython
Gnuplot	Gnuplot Kernel	`pip install gnuplot_kernel`
TCL	tcl_kernel
J	jkernel
C	jupyter-c-kernel
TaQL	taql-jupyter
Coconut	Coconut
SPARQL	SPARQL
ARMv6	IArm
Typescript	ITypeScript
Kotlin	jupyter-kotlin
Singular	jupyter_kernel_singular
Scala	spylon-kernel
Scheme	mit-scheme-kernel
Elm	elm-kernel
Java	SciJava Jupyter Kernel
Java	IJava
MicroPython	MicroPython
CircuitPython	circuitpython_kernel
Guile	Guile
Stata	stata_kernel
Stata	iPyStata
Racket	IRacket
Dot	jupyter-dot-kernel
Teradata SQL	Teradata SQL kernel
HiveQL	HiveQL Kernel
Rust	EvCxR Jupyter Kernel	`cargo install evcxr_jupyter`
StuPyd	StuPyd Kernel
Coq	coq_jupyter
Cadabra2	Cadabra2
Chapel	jupyter_kernel_chapel
Vimscript	vim_kernel
SSH	SSH Kernel
GAP	GAP Kernel

Discontinued or unfinished kernels

These kernels may still work, but do not appear to have been actively developed for at least two years.

Language	Kernel	Notes
Go	gopherlab
Go	IGo
Scala	IScala
Erlang	IErlang
Torch	ITorch
Aldor	IAldor
OCaml	IOCaml
Forth	IForth
Perl 5	IPerl
Perl 6	Net::Jupyter
Perl 6	IPerl6
PHP	Jupyter-PHP
Clojure	CLJ-Jupyter
Hy	Hy Kernel
Redis	Redis Kernel
Javascript	jove
Javascript	jupyter-nodejs
Calico	ICalico
Mathics	IMathics
Lua	Lua Kernel
Lua	IPyLua
Purescript	IPurescript
IDL	idl_kernel
Mochi	Mochi Kernel
Skulpt	Skulpt Python Kernel
Brainfuck	IBrainfuck
Q	KDB+/Q Kernel (IKdbQ)
Q	KDB+/Q Kernel (KdbQ Kernel)
Cryptol	ICryptol
Prolog	Calysto Prolog
LC3	Calysto LC3
YACAS	Yacas
AIML	AIML chatbot
Pike	jupyter-pike-kernel
SBT	Isbt
MongoDB	iMongo