First install jupyter themes to change appearance.
pip install jupyterthemes
Then, set the theme to taste
jt -t onedork \
-m 10% \
-f firacode -fs 11 \
-nf ptsans -nfs 11 \
-tf ptsans -tfs 11 \
-ofs 11 \
-kl -T \
-cursw 2 -cursc r \
-cellw 85%
Jupyter extensions and the extension manager:
pip install jupyter_contrib_nbextensions \
&& jupyter contrib nbextension install
Create a notebook config file by running
jupyter notebook --generate-config
Set the jupyter browser, for example:
c.NotebookApp.browser = (
u'/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome %s')