# Source code for new standard library?

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/source-code-for-new-standard-library/10898>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/source-code-for-new-standard-library/10898 "2026-10-02T04:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![akrawitz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/akrawitz/32/4375_2.png) [@akrawitz](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/akrawitz)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/source-code-for-new-standard-library/10898/1 "2026-10-02T04:18:01Z")

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Is the source code for the new standard library available? It doesn’t seem to be here: [GitHub - observablehq/stdlib: The Observable standard library. · GitHub](https://github.com/observablehq/stdlib) , unless I’m just missing it.

Given that the documentation is a work in progress, it would be nice to be able to look at the code to better understand how a function like `display` works.

Thanks,  
Adam

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**Author:** ![jwoLondon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/jwolondon/32/259_2.png) [@jwoLondon](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/jwoLondon)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/source-code-for-new-standard-library/10898/2 "2026-10-02T06:23:06Z")

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Try here: [notebook-kit/src/runtime/stdlib at main · observablehq/notebook-kit · GitHub](https://github.com/observablehq/notebook-kit/tree/main/src/runtime/stdlib)

Here’s `display()` for example:

> <https://github.com/observablehq/notebook-kit/blob/main/src/runtime/display.ts>

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**Author:** ![mbostock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mbostock/32/9_2.png) [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/source-code-for-new-standard-library/10898/3 "2026-10-02T20:41:54Z")

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We should add a link from the old standard library to the new one… Thanks for the reminder.