Head to head
| Metric | Dask | Apache Spark | Ray | Apache Beam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 13.9k | 44.5k | 44.2k | 8.7k |
| Weekly downloads | 8.1M | 11.2M | 3.2M | 785k |
| Download growth | +24% | +1% | +13% | +6% |
| Popularity score | 81/100 | 86/100 | 82/100 | 72/100 |
| Forks | 2k | 29.6k | 8.3k | 4.8k |
| Open issues | 1.4k | 779 | 3.7k | 3.7k |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1d ago | 5d ago | today |
| Latest version | 2026.8.0Aug 24, 2026 | 4.3.0Oct 30, 2026 | 2.60.0Nov 4, 2026 | 2.77.0Oct 7, 2026 |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| First released | 2015 | 2014 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Signals | None | Popular | Popular | None |
| Listed in | Data Engineering & Analytics › Batch & Distributed Processing | Data Engineering & Analytics › Batch & Distributed Processing | AI & Machine Learning › LLM Serving & Inference EnginesData Engineering & Analytics › Batch & Distributed Processing | Data Engineering & Analytics › Batch & Distributed Processing |
Weekly downloads over time
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- Dask
- Apache Spark
- Ray
- Apache Beam