Observable Desktop

Observable Desktop is a notebook editor for macOS, editing notebooks as local files in an open, human-readable file format. It is built on Notebook Kit, our open-source tooling for generating static sites from notebooks.

Here’s a short demo:

Observable Desktop is available as part of Notebooks 2.0 Technology Preview.


Installing

You can download Observable Desktop here:

Download for macOS

Observable Desktop currently requires macOS 15+ and Apple Silicon. By downloading and using Observable Desktop, you agree to our terms of service. An Observable account is required.


Getting started

Please see the Desktop user guide and the Notebooks system guide.

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