Access your local file system from JupyterLab#

Browse local files using the non-standard Web Browser File System Access API.

Warning

This extension is compatible with Chromium-based browsers only (for now)

Motivation#

The main motivation for this extension is to give access to local files in JupyterLite: jupyterlite/jupyterlite#403

It can also be used on hosted and ephemeral JupyterLab deployments such as [Binder](https://mybinder.org).

Requirements#

  • JupyterLab >= 3.0

Install#

To install the extension, execute:

pip install jupyterlab-filesystem-access

Try it online#

You can try jupyterlab-filesystem-access directly in this documentation page thanks to JupyterLite!