Strip Noisy Jupyter Output From Notebooks Before Commit With Nbstripout

---
name: "Strip noisy Jupyter output from notebooks before commit with nbstripout"
slug: "strip-noisy-jupyter-output-from-notebooks-before-commit-with-nbstripout"
description: "Keep notebook diffs reviewable by removing execution output and excess metadata before notebooks land in Git history."
github_stars: 1447
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout"
author: "Kynan Ries"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Code Quality & Review"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "kynan/nbstripout"
  github_stars: 1447
---

# Strip noisy Jupyter output from notebooks before commit with nbstripout

Keep notebook diffs reviewable by removing execution output and excess metadata before notebooks land in Git history.

## Prerequisites

Python environment, nbstripout, Jupyter or IPython notebook files, and optional Git filter or pre-commit integration

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install nbstripout==0.3.10
- pip install --upgrade nbstripout
- conda install -c conda-forge nbstripout

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![supported Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/nbstripout)](https://pypi.org/project/nbstripout)
- [![Python package formats](https://img.shields.io/pypi/format/nbstripout)](https://pypi.org/project/nbstripout)
- ## Python 3 only

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- package index [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/nbstripout/) as follows:
- distribution, install nbstripout via the [conda](https://docs.conda.io)
- package manager from [conda-forge](https://conda-forge.org):

- Source: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kynan/nbstripout/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout

## Source

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