srcbook

Notebooks are hot these days! We also shipped our own version of a TypeScript notebook[1] but it takes quite different sides of the tradeoff: we want to run backend node code, so unlike this or observable we're not looking to run in the browser environment. Still, for many applications, this idea is a better take! Kudos to the author. https://github.com/srcbookdev/srcbook

Today we’re releasing a full AI app builder in Srcbook. We released our TypeScript notebook a few months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41291700) and the response was encouraging, but we kept hearing that people wanted to build interactive apps. Today we are releasing just that. You can think of it as an open-source and local version of vercel’s v0. We actually think of it as something in between an IDE and that, because we believe the code matters and don’t shy away from that: you can view and edit the code in a full editor, but prompt your way forward if that's what you prefer. When the AI makes changes you can review the files diff like you would a GitHub pull request, and toggle between versions to view the visual diff. Try it now: npx srcbook@latest start It’s surprisingly good at building apps, especially with the latest

Imports is the thing that makes it useless. You cannot import stuff normally in the kernel.. Yes, my current project is https://github.com/srcbookdev/srcbook

We collect a very small amount of analytics (with zero PII attached) which gives us an idea of what people use or don't use. That helps us know where best to spend our time. That said, we hear you. I just added support for disabling all analytics with an environment variable `SRCBOOK_DISABLE_ANALYTICS=true`. See https://github.com/srcbookdev/srcbook/pull/191.

To those concerned about the analytics like myself, you should be able to turn it off by setting the default here to false. Otherwise you'd need to toggle it off in the settings, which gives ample time for telemetry to fire. https://github.com/srcbookdev/srcbook/blob/ddda46a0b1249c3d7...

Srcbook (”source-book”) is an open-source TypeScript notebook that runs locally, powered by Node.js. It shines for rapid prototyping, code exploration, and collaborating on ideas. It’s inspired by Python’s Jupyter and Elixir’s Livebook. Key features: - Full npm ecosystem access - AI-assisted coding (OpenAI, Anthropic, or local models), it can iterate on the cells for you with a code diff UX that you accept/reject for a given code cell, generate entire Srcbooks, fix compilation issues, etc… - Exports to valid markdown for easy sharing and version control Try it now: `npx srcbook start` Examples Srcbooks to explore: https://hub.srcbook.com We built this because we needed a Jupyter-like environment for TypeScript, we hope others like it as much as we do! Feedback and contributions are super appreciated. (edit: formatting)

We are building one right now. It's very early and we have only "soft launched", but you can check it out here. https://github.com/srcbookdev/srcbook