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PAWS: A Web Shell (PAWS) is a Jupyter notebook deployment hosted by Wikimedia.

A Jupyter notebook is a popular Open Source tool that allows users to create and share documents that contain live code. You can use Jupyter notebooks to run scripts that help you perform essential technical tasks on wikis, use data to create visualizations, graphs, and more, and to write technical documentation and tutorials that help others work on Wikimedia projects.

Jupyter notebooks are used both by experienced programmers and technically curious newcomers. There's no need to download software or set up a development environment. All of your work is done in your browser.

Our deployment is using JupyterHub, which can serve live Jupyter notebooks to multiple users.

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Launch PAWS

PAWS Documentation

Is PAWS right for your task?

Learn about Jupyter notebooks hosted on PAWS and why they might be the right tool for your work.

Get started with PAWS

Get started with PAWS, navigate the service, and perform some basic tasks with your notebooks.

PAWS and Pywikibot

Learn more about using PAWS and Pywikibot to create and run scripts that will help you automate common tasks on wikis.

Example notebooks

Find examples of Jupyter notebooks hosted on PAWS, including tutorials and how-tos.

Maintenance and administration

Find out more about the technology and maintenance that keeps PAWS up and running.

Ask questions; leave feedback

Do you have questions or feedback about the PAWS service? Join the discussion here.