# Livebook

> Livebook is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the note-taking & editors category. Realtime collaborative notebook app based on Markdown that supports running Elixir code snippets, TeX and Mermaid Diagrams. Easily deployed using Docker or Elixir. It has 5,878 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook |
| Website | https://livebook.dev/ |
| GitHub stars | 5,878 |
| Forks | 518 |
| Open issues | 17 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Elixir |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Elixir, Docker |
| Categories | Note-taking & Editors |
| Commits, last 12 months | 192 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v0.19.10 (Sep 18, 2026) |
| Created | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: phoenix, elixir, notebooks, collaborative, realtime, liveview, math, markdown, visualization, charts

## Install

Livebook ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook for the image name and environment variables.

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