# Binder

**URL:** https://discourse.jupyter.org/c/binder/12.md

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## [About the Binder category](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/about-the-binder-category/200)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/about-the-binder-category/200 "2024-02-28T08:53:36Z")

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The Binder Project helps you create one-click, sharable, live code environments from public code repositories that runs entirely in the cloud.

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## [ATLAS Open Data notebook can't reach opendata.mwt2.org from Binder: Network unreachable (https) / redirect limit reached (xrootd)](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/atlas-open-data-notebook-cant-reach-opendata-mwt2-org-from-binder-network-unreachable-https-redirect-limit-reached-xrootd/38831)

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**Author:** [@kratsg](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/kratsg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/atlas-open-data-notebook-cant-reach-opendata-mwt2-org-from-binder-network-unreachable-https-redirect-limit-reached-xrootd/38831 "2026-08-17T21:08:11Z")

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Hi Binder team! We run an ATLAS (LHC particle physics) Open Data facility at the University of Chicago (opendata.mwt2.org), and we’re trying to get it working as a data source inside the standard ATLAS Open Data teachin…

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## [SSL certificate problem during repo2docker GitHub Action for building cache for mybinder.org](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ssl-certificate-problem-during-repo2docker-github-action-for-building-cache-for-mybinder-org/38529)

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**Author:** [@gibracodoz](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/gibracodoz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ssl-certificate-problem-during-repo2docker-github-action-for-building-cache-for-mybinder-org/38529 "2026-04-28T17:38:59Z")

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I have set up a repository on GitHub with an environment.yml file and Jupyter notebook .ipynb files that the mybinder org web service is successfully able to pull from and load its contents. What I tried next was to set…

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## [JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0). Error from task 5.51 for the taiwan bankruptcy assignment y](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0-error-from-task-5-51-for-the-taiwan-bankruptcy-assignment-y/38466)

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**Author:** [@DEON86](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/DEON86)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0-error-from-task-5-51-for-the-taiwan-bankruptcy-assignment-y/38466 "2026-03-18T18:00:09Z")

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I keep getting the same error message for task 5.5.1 for the taiwan bankruptcy assignment. it also says the file could be empty.

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## [\[ANN\] mybinder.org will no longer build repos without any environment information](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ann-mybinder-org-will-no-longer-build-repos-without-any-environment-information/38461)

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**Author:** [@minrk](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/minrk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ann-mybinder-org-will-no-longer-build-repos-without-any-environment-information/38461 "2026-03-16T15:16:17Z")

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Due to some patterns of abuse, mybinder.org will no longer build repos which don’t contain any recognized environment files. In most cases, this should be a proper error that a repo isn’t suited to run on mybinder.org, b…

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## [Exploring a Possible Partnership Between KM3NeT and mybinder.org for International Masterclasses](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/exploring-a-possible-partnership-between-km3net-and-mybinder-org-for-international-masterclasses/38444)

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**Author:** [@ilpurte](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ilpurte)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/exploring-a-possible-partnership-between-km3net-and-mybinder-org-for-international-masterclasses/38444 "2026-03-09T18:09:30Z")

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Dear Jupyter and mybinder community, I am writing on behalf of the KM3NeT Collaboration Masterclass group. KM3NeT is an international scientific collaboration currently constructing a large-scale neutrino telescope in t…

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## [Unable to start binder development environment with auth enabled](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unable-to-start-binder-development-environment-with-auth-enabled/38371)

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**Author:** [@ekasprzy](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ekasprzy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unable-to-start-binder-development-environment-with-auth-enabled/38371 "2026-02-19T16:17:19Z")

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I am setting up a binder developement environement to work on BinderHub frontend redirects to non existing Jupyter server when a file path is given in the UI and JupyterHub is configured with allowNamedServers · Issue #2…

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## [Zenodo DOI - not working with mybinder.org](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/zenodo-doi-not-working-with-mybinder-org/36607)

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**Author:** [@sorlob](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/sorlob)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/zenodo-doi-not-working-with-mybinder-org/36607 "2026-01-25T05:46:49Z")

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I just tried to get our Zenodo repository deployed with mybinder.org. repo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15771827 binder: https://mybinder.org/v2/zenodo/10.5281/zenodo.15771827/ trying to launch the binder container results in: …

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## [\[ANN\] repo2docker, mybinder.org updating base image to Ubuntu 24.04](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ann-repo2docker-mybinder-org-updating-base-image-to-ubuntu-24-04/38345)

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**Author:** [@minrk](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/minrk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ann-repo2docker-mybinder-org-updating-base-image-to-ubuntu-24-04/38345 "2026-01-23T16:18:29Z")

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repo2docker is updating its base image to Ubuntu 24.04 from 22.04. This will soon be applied to mybinder.org. This should have no effect on the vast majority of users, but if you are installing packages with apt.txt, so…

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## [BinderHub Helm Chart with GCP Workflow Identity](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binderhub-helm-chart-with-gcp-workflow-identity/7600)

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**Author:** [@AnalogJ](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/AnalogJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binderhub-helm-chart-with-gcp-workflow-identity/7600 "2025-12-01T17:00:10Z")

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I’m trying to install Binderhub on GKE via Helm, but I need to use GCP Workload Identity (https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/workload-identity) rather than using GCP Service account (via a json creden…

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## [Capturing events](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/capturing-events/38141)

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**Author:** [@paolo](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/paolo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/capturing-events/38141 "2025-11-19T16:02:22Z")

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I’m interested in gathering information about how many times my repo is being launched. The documentation states the following: These events may be sent to a sink via handlers from the python logging module. But I c…

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## [Calling the Binder API in a build pipeline](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/calling-the-binder-api-in-a-build-pipeline/38115)

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**Author:** [@ekasprzy](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ekasprzy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/calling-the-binder-api-in-a-build-pipeline/38115 "2025-11-13T12:04:59Z")

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I have a bunch of private git repos containing jupyter notebooks, and I am looking for a way to autodeploy those notebooks in Jupyter Lab. I was thus thinking of creating a CI/CD pipeline who would call the /build endpo…

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## [Blog article on how Binder helm charts settings propagate in the python app via Kubernetes Constructs](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/blog-article-on-how-binder-helm-charts-settings-propagate-in-the-python-app-via-kubernetes-constructs/38056)

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**Author:** [@ekasprzy](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ekasprzy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/blog-article-on-how-binder-helm-charts-settings-propagate-in-the-python-app-via-kubernetes-constructs/38056 "2025-10-22T16:06:59Z")

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Hi Binder folks I was struggling to understand how to use the config options available in the developper doc are reflected in the running binder pod, so I wrote a full blog post about it: this might be useful for peop…

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## [Including Manim in a requirements.txt](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/including-manim-in-a-requirements-txt/38035)

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**Author:** [@Alexander](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Alexander)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/including-manim-in-a-requirements-txt/38035 "2025-10-16T16:28:12Z")

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Hey there! I’m trying to use binder to set up an environment where I can share Jupyter Notebooks that include manim Code so that people who don’t have a local installation of manim can modify and run it themselves. How…

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## [Deploying notebook in Binder using Voila Reveal template](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/deploying-notebook-in-binder-using-voila-reveal-template/38006)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_Roberto\_Zavala](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Jose_Roberto_Zavala)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/deploying-notebook-in-binder-using-voila-reveal-template/38006 "2025-10-09T18:01:30Z")

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I’m trying to deploy a notebook to Binder as slides, so I’m setting up a voila.json file that specifies that it should use the reveal template. This works wonderfully when I run Voila locally on my own computer, but when…

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## [Timeout when launching a user pod](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/timeout-when-launching-a-user-pod/38009)

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**Author:** [@AlexHodge](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/AlexHodge)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/timeout-when-launching-a-user-pod/38009 "2025-10-09T12:11:04Z")

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\[I 2025-10-09 11:42:50.568 JupyterHub spawner:2890\] Attempting to create pod jupyter-ahodge, with timeout 3 \[I 2025-10-09 11:42:53.691 JupyterHub spawner:2890\] Attempting to create pod jupyter-ahodge, with timeout 3 \[I 2…

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## [Service maintenance on mybinder.org](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/service-maintenance-on-mybinder-org/37939)

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**Author:** [@rgaiacs](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/rgaiacs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/service-maintenance-on-mybinder-org/37939 "2025-09-24T14:04:44Z")

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To fix GESIS server is unhealth very often · Issue #3434 · jupyterhub/mybinder.org-deploy · GitHub , I will have to stop the GESIS server that is contributing to mybinder.org and, because of this, mybinder.org will be do…

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## [Adding missing requirements to binder-examples repo](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/adding-missing-requirements-to-binder-examples-repo/37929)

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**Author:** [@ekasprzy](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ekasprzy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/adding-missing-requirements-to-binder-examples-repo/37929 "2025-09-22T09:13:54Z")

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Hi I have successfully a local binder instance for my organization, and while demoing binder internally I noticed some notebooks given as example cannot be re run without errors, because the requirements.txt does not co…

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## [BinderHub fails to launch notebook server despite logs indicating success](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binderhub-fails-to-launch-notebook-server-despite-logs-indicating-success/37878)

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**Author:** [@agoodm](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/agoodm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binderhub-fails-to-launch-notebook-server-despite-logs-indicating-success/37878 "2025-09-11T11:42:10Z")

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I am trying to test a binderhub deployment. This is the log I get: Found built image, launching… Launching server… Server requested 2025-09-10T16:41:03.992366Z \[Normal\] Successfully assigned ocw/jupyter-aashishpant…

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## [Is mybinder.org not functional right now?](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/is-mybinder-org-not-functional-right-now/37873)

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**Author:** [@Kaustubh\_Patil](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Kaustubh_Patil)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/is-mybinder-org-not-functional-right-now/37873 "2025-09-10T13:21:57Z")

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Hi, First of all many thanks for providing this service, this is excellent! We want to use it for an educational course and have been testing it for some time and it worked really now. However, just an hour ago it sto…

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## [Self.registry.get\_image\_manifest() failing after initial helm chart setup](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/self-registry-get-image-manifest-failing-after-initial-helm-chart-setup/37411)

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**Author:** [@ekasprzy](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ekasprzy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/self-registry-get-image-manifest-failing-after-initial-helm-chart-setup/37411 "2025-08-26T10:15:46Z")

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After installing the binderhub helm chart, and going in the browser to the start page the trivial github repo GitHub - EmmanuelKasper/my-first-binder: Binder hub test repo spits out in the log of the binderhub pod the …

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## [Failing to launch after seemingly successful build, no errors in log](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/failing-to-launch-after-seemingly-successful-build-no-errors-in-log/37613)

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**Author:** [@dougie](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/dougie)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/failing-to-launch-after-seemingly-successful-build-no-errors-in-log/37613 "2025-08-25T08:18:49Z")

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My repo previously launched and ran fine in myBinder. Recently I got a pip dependency conflict on build, #23 16.14 ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account all the packages that are installe…

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## [I updated the \`binder-data\` repository with a more usable launches dataset](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/i-updated-the-binder-data-repository-with-a-more-usable-launches-dataset/37781)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/i-updated-the-binder-data-repository-with-a-more-usable-launches-dataset/37781 "2025-08-23T12:02:49Z")

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Hey all - I’ve updated the binder data repository with a few enhancements: I’ve removed old/outdated data sources (like google analytics) I’ve added a new folder that scrapes and aggregates Binder data from archive.ana…

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## [R packages not being installed on mybinder.org](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/r-packages-not-being-installed-on-mybinder-org/37777)

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**Author:** [@rgaiacs](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/rgaiacs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/r-packages-not-being-installed-on-mybinder-org/37777 "2025-08-21T15:48:36Z")

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On 14 August 2025 at 7:25 PM UTC, a change on repo2docker introduced a bug making the installation of R packages impossible. Tests on repo2docker failed to catch the bug. The bug propagated into mybinder.org on 18 August…

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## [Job opportunity: Research Associate for Jupyter4NFDI at GESIS](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/job-opportunity-research-associate-for-jupyter4nfdi-at-gesis/37489)

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**Author:** [@arnim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/arnim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/job-opportunity-research-associate-for-jupyter4nfdi-at-gesis/37489 "2025-08-11T15:33:11Z")

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Dear all, I am excited to share a new job opportunity for computational social scientists at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne, Germany: Research Associate (f/m/d) for the Jupyter4NFDI projec…

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## [Pip not more allowed in myBinder?](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/pip-not-more-allowed-in-mybinder/36649)

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**Author:** [@eliselavy](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/eliselavy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/pip-not-more-allowed-in-mybinder/36649 "2025-07-10T16:40:13Z")

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Surprise to see i can no more use pip command in myBinder, is it new things? Is it link to this Deal with breaking changes in repo2docker — repo2docker 2024.07.0+168.g5d3a946 documentation ? do you since when? -------…

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## [PyVista interactive plot hangs on Binder](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/pyvista-interactive-plot-hangs-on-binder/35866)

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**Author:** [@ArnaudB](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ArnaudB)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/pyvista-interactive-plot-hangs-on-binder/35866 "2025-06-10T08:18:46Z")

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Hi, I am trying to display PyVista interactive plots in a Binder instance, but it hangs (displays “Loading …” with a wheel that spins for ever). The notebook does work locally. I set up the Binder instance with the rec…

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## [Display notebook as immutable (demo mode)](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/display-notebook-as-immutable-demo-mode/35923)

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**Author:** [@eyal\_karni](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/eyal_karni)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/display-notebook-as-immutable-demo-mode/35923 "2025-06-08T04:20:37Z")

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Hi, can you launch notebook in binder in “demo mode”? What i mean by this is that the user can’t change the code, all the cells run by default. Can you run jupyter extensions with binder? Thanks.

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## [Mybinder.org is down](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/mybinder-org-is-down/35612)

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**Author:** [@rgaiacs](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/rgaiacs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/mybinder-org-is-down/35612 "2025-05-26T12:51:48Z")

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https://mybinder.org/ is not able to launch at the moment. You can follow up the progress to fix the problem at 2i2c node health · Issue #3296 · jupyterhub/mybinder.org-deploy · GitHub.

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## [Launching Dockerfile directly](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/launching-dockerfile-directly/35201)

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**Author:** [@paolo](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/paolo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/launching-dockerfile-directly/35201 "2025-05-09T13:49:30Z")

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I have the following repository: . └── binder └── example1 └── Dockerfile when I launch this repository, Binderhub builds a docker image for the whole repo. Is it possible to build a docker image from the e…

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