Binder / JupyterHub common questions and suggested answers

From time to time many of us get the same questions about how the JupyterHub and Binder
projects work. This is a thread to collect community answers to these questions so that we’re all
on the same page.

This is a wiki post so feel free to edit the top comment and improve / add as time goes on!

  • How does binder work?

  • What is project binder?

  • Who is behind this project?

  • Is there an “official” Binder team?