Jupyter Themes to Customize your Notebook
Personally, I’ve always been a fan of the dark mode interface. So after using Jupyter Notebook for a while, I started to research ways to change the theme. I’m going to talk about how to make changes to your Jupyter Notebook theme.
Unfortunately, Jupyter Notebook does not come with built-in functions for changing the themes. However, there is an open source library available for changing themes, fonts etc. which was developed by Kyle Dunovan.
Installation:
There are two ways to install jupyter themes:
- Using conda install within anaconda prompt
- Using pip install within jupyter notebook
With conda:
With pip:
To see a list of available themes:
As you can see, though the default for jupyter notebook is a light theme, there are quite a few changes that could be made according to your preferences. I love dark themes so I’m going to list those first.
Dark themes:
Light themes:
The themes do not show the toolbar, notebook name or kernel logo by default, however you can choose to add them by typing -T -N -kl respectively, after the theme name.
There are a few more customizations that you can make. Please see the table below:
For more information on other ways to customize your jupyter notebook, check out this repo by Kyle Dunovan.
