Nifty Notebook Servers
Manage Jupyter servers from the side bar: see kernels and sessions, shut down, restart or interrupt kernels, and browse, open and edit the server's files directly.
Maintained. No sign-in. No telemetry. Works in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium and other editors that use Open VSX.
Features
- Your Jupyter servers in the side bar. Add a server by pasting its URL, including a
?token=… if it has one. It can be local, remote or on JupyterHub (/user/<name>). Find Local Servers picks up everything jupyter server list knows about. Tokens are kept in VS Code's secret storage, not in settings.
- See every kernel. Each kernel shows its notebook, language, state (idle or busy), last activity and number of connections.
- Stop runaway kernels. Interrupt, restart or shut down any kernel with the inline buttons. Shut Down Idle Kernels frees the memory held by kernels nobody is connected to.
- Edit files on the server, directly. Browse the server's files in the side bar, or add them to the Explorer as a folder. Then open, edit, save, rename, create and delete files as if they were local. Notebooks open as notebooks, and binary files are handled safely.
- Works with any Jupyter Server or Notebook server REST API, from VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf or VSCodium.
Commands
| Command |
What it does |
Nifty Notebook Servers: Add Server… |
Connect to a server by URL |
Nifty Notebook Servers: Find Local Servers |
Add servers running on this machine |
Nifty Notebook Servers: Shut Down Idle Kernels |
Shut down kernels with no connections |
Nifty Notebook Servers: Open Files in Explorer |
Add the server's files as a workspace folder |
Nifty Notebook Servers: Refresh |
Update kernels and files |
Kernel actions (interrupt, restart, shut down) and Remove Server are on the items in the view.
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
What it does |
nifty.notebook-servers.jupyterCommand |
jupyter |
Command used to find local servers |
"Jupyter" is a trademark of LF Charities, of which Project Jupyter is a part. This extension isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Project Jupyter.
Install
- VS Code: search for "Nifty Notebook Servers" in the Extensions view, or install from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
- Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Kiro, Antigravity: install from Open VSX.
Privacy
This extension collects no telemetry and needs no account.
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