Quickstart

Installing marimo gets you the marimo command-line interface (CLI), the entry point to all things marimo.

Run tutorials

marimo tutorial intro opens the intro tutorial. List all tutorials with

marimo tutorial --help

!!! tip "See marimo in action on YouTube"

The [marimo concepts playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6lInzq5MI&list=PLNJXGo8e1XT9jP7gPbRdm1XwloZVFvLEq) on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@marimo-team) gives an overview of many features.

Edit notebooks

Create and edit notebooks with marimo edit.

• launch the notebook server to create new notebooks, and start or stop existing ones:

marimo edit

• create or edit a single notebook with

marimo edit your_notebook.py

(If your_notebook.py doesn't exist, marimo will create a blank notebook named your_notebook.py.)

Pair with AI

Pair with AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode using marimo pair, which transforms marimo from a notebook into a collaborative canvas for computation that yields a reproducible software artifact.

Deploy as apps

Use marimo run to serve your notebook as an app, with Python code hidden and uneditable.

marimo run your_notebook.py

Run as scripts

Run your notebook as a script with

python your_notebook.py

You can also pass CLI args to your notebook.

Convert Jupyter notebooks and Python scripts to marimo

Automatically convert Jupyter notebooks and Python scripts to marimo notebooks with marimo convert:

# From Jupyter notebook
marimo convert your_notebook.ipynb -o your_notebook.py

# From Python script or jupytext py:percent format
marimo convert your_script.py -o your_notebook.py

Then open the notebook with marimo edit your_notebook.py

!!! tip "Disable autorun on startup" marimo automatically runs notebooks when they are opened. If this is a problem for you (not all Jupyter notebooks are designed to be run on startup), you can disable autorun on startup via user configuration.

1. Type `marimo config show` to get the location of your config file.
2. If no config file exists, create it at `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/marimo/marimo.toml`.
3. Update your config to include the following:

```toml title="marimo.toml"
[runtime]
auto_instantiate = false
```

Export marimo notebooks to other file formats

Use

marimo export

to export marimo notebooks to other file formats, including HTML, IPYNB, and markdown.

Install optional dependencies for more features

Some features require additional dependencies, which are not installed by default. This includes:

• SQL cells
• Charts in the datasource viewer
• AI features
• Format on save

To install the optional dependencies, run:

/// tab | install with pip

pip install "marimo[recommended]"

///

/// tab | install with uv

uv add "marimo[recommended]"

///

/// tab | install with conda

conda install -c conda-forge marimo duckdb altair polars openai ruff

///

This will install: duckdb, altair, polars, openai, and ruff.

Enable GitHub Copilot and AI Assistant

The marimo editor natively supports GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer, similar to VS Code.

Get started with Copilot:

1. Install Node.js.
2. Enable Copilot via the settings menu in the marimo editor.

Note: Copilot is not yet available in our conda distribution; please install marimo from PyPI if you need Copilot.

marimo also comes with support for other copilots, and a built-in AI assistant that helps you write code.

Share links to cloud notebooks

Use molab, a cloud-based marimo notebook service similar to Google Colab, to create and share notebook links (docs).

Editor extensions

VS Code/Cursor. You can edit and run marimo notebooks in VS Code or Cursor using our extension; this provides a user interface that's similar to VS Code Jupyter, but with marimo's reactive execution, interactive elements, built-in package management, Git-friendly file format, and more.

Install the extension by searching "marimo" in the extensions sidebar (Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-P, type "install extension", then search "marimo") or from the VS Code marketplace site.

PyCharm. Our PyCharm plugin, available on the JetBrains Marketplace, brings the full marimo editor inside PyCharm, letting you open, edit, and run notebooks without leaving your IDE.