# Stan Playground: Stan without installing Stan

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**Created:** [October 28, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-playground-stan-without-installing-stan/37085 "2024-10-28T14:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![WardBrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/wardbrian/32/12078_2.png) [@WardBrian](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/WardBrian)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-playground-stan-without-installing-stan/37085/34 "2026-02-25T15:29:19Z")

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Some exciting updates for Stan Playground:

## Data generation with extra files

There is now a new tab in the data generation section which lets you add files like csvs that can be accessed by the data scripts

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/mc_stan/original/3X/a/6/a6fd70c4b8bfda41fcf9be67bd0877efa7319b46.png)

## Generating Stan data and code with `brms`

You can now use BRMS to generate the Stan code and data for use in Stan Playground

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/mc_stan/original/3X/4/e/4eab4fd7669de2a11b4cb65525ace958cfe21b36.png)

## Quick share option

The export window now has an option to create a sharable link where all the data for the project is encoded in the URL. This can lead to some **very long URLs** , but it’s a very quick way to share your models without needing to authenticate for Github Gists.

## JOSS Paper

Our paper on Stan Playground was published in JOSS this morning! [Journal of Open Source Software: stan-playground: Run Stan models directly in your browser](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.09531)

You can now cite Stan Playground if you find yourself wanting to :)

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