SIGNALInfrastructure Software·Jun 29, 2026, 5:59 PMSignal50Short term

JetBrains kills Kotlin Notebook months after Microsoft’s Polyglot exit. But Jupyter is doing just fine.

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JetBrains kills Kotlin Notebook months after Microsoft’s Polyglot exit. But Jupyter is doing just fine.

JetBrains, the Czech developer tools company behind the IntelliJ IDEA IDE, announced Monday that it’s sunsetting Kotlin Notebook, the interactive The post JetBrains kills Kotlin Notebook months after Microsoft’s Polyglot exit. But Jupyter is doing just fine. appeared first on The New Stack .

Why this matters
Why now

This announcement follows Microsoft's earlier exit from a similar product, indicating a potential trend in the developer tools ecosystem.

Why it’s important

It highlights the intense competition and consolidation within the interactive notebook and developer tools space, particularly for 'AI-adjacent' products.

What changes

The market for interactive multi-language notebooks sees a reduction in competitors, reinforcing Jupyter's dominant position.

Winners
  • · Jupyter
  • · Python developers
  • · Open Source community
Losers
  • · JetBrains
  • · Kotlin developers
  • · Microsoft
Second-order effects
Direct

JetBrains reallocates resources away from Kotlin Notebook development.

Second

Developers seeking multi-language notebook solutions increasingly standardize on Jupyter.

Third

Future investment in multi-language environments outside of Jupyter becomes riskier, potentially stifling innovation in that niche.

Editorial confidence: 85 / 100 · Structural impact: 20 / 100
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