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Anaconda Navigator
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:emphasis:`Desktop Installer & Manager`

What is Anaconda Navigator?
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Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface (GUI) that is 
included in Anaconda\ |reg| and allows you to launch applications and 
easily manage conda packages, environments and channels without using 
command-line commands. You can configure Navigator to search for 
packages on Anaconda Cloud or in a local Anaconda Repository. It is 
available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

To get Navigator, `download Anaconda <https://www.continuum.io/downloads>`_.

The :doc:`getting-started` section shows how to start Navigator from the 
shortcuts or from a terminal window.

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Why use Navigator?
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In order to run, many scientific packages depend on specific versions of other 
packages. Data scientists often use multiple versions of many packages, and 
use multiple environments to separate these different versions.

The command line program conda is both a package manager and an environment 
manager, to help data scientists ensure that each version of each package has 
all the dependencies it requires and works correctly.

Navigator is an easy, point-and-click way to work with packages and
environments without needing to use conda commands in a terminal 
window. You can use it to find the packages you want, install them in 
an environment, run the packages and update them, all inside Navigator.

What applications can I access using Navigator?
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The following applications are available by default in Navigator:

* :doc:`Anaconda Fusion <../fusion/index>`
* `Jupyter Notebook <https://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
* `Orange App <http://orange.biolab.si/docs/>`_
* `QTConsole <https://qtconsole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
* `Glueviz <http://glueviz.org/en/stable/>`_
* `Spyder <https://pythonhosted.org/spyder/>`_
* `RStudio <http://docs.rstudio.com/>`_

You can also `build your own Navigator applications <https://conda.io/docs/build_tutorials/app.html>`_.

What's new in 1.6?
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* Better logging for application launches.
* Package list can be filtered by "to be installed".
* Selecting an environment on the Home or Environments tab now selects it on both.
* Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements.

For details on changes in this and previous versions, see :doc:`release-notes`.

To see what version of Navigator you have, on the **File** menu on Windows or the 
**python** menu on macOS, select About.


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   install
   user-guide
   help-support
   release-notes
   glossary

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