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 # Jupyter Notebook as a Jupyter Server Extension
 
 ![Testing nbclassic](https://github.com/jupyterlab/nbclassic/workflows/Testing%20nbclassic/badge.svg)
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 NBClassic runs the [Jupyter NbClassic](https://github.com/jupyter/nbclassic) frontend on the Jupyter Server backend.