The .NET Interactive tool works with multiple frontends, and so depending on how you plan to use it, there are different ways you can install it.
.NET Interactive is a Jupyter kernel. To install it for use with Jupyter (including Jupyter Notebook, JupyterLab, nteract, Azure Data Studio, and others), follow the instructions here.
If you want a more lightweight installation and don't need Jupyter or Python, you can install the .NET Interactive Notebooks extension.
Note: When installing for Jupyter, the dotnet-interactive tool is installed as a global tool, but the Visual Studio Code extension instals a separate instance as a local tool, which it manages for you.
.NET Interactive is a .NET Core tool and you can install it by itself. You might do this if you want to provide your own user interface.
We provide a number of packages that can be used to write custom extensions for .NET Interactive or to build your own interactive experiences.
| Package | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft.dotnet-interactive |
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The dotnet-interactive global tool |
Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive |
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Core types for building applications providing interactive programming for .NET. |
Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Formatting |
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Convention-based and highly configurable .NET object formatting for interactive programming, including support for mime types suitable for building visualizations for Jupyter Notebooks and web browsers. |
Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.CSharp |
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Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kernel implementation for C# |
Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.FSharp |
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Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kernel implementation for F# |
Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.PowerShell |
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Microsoft.DotNet.Interactive.Kernel implementation for PowerShell |