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| Metric | Polars | pandas | NumPy | SciPy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 40.3k | 50.5k | 33.4k | 15.2k |
| Weekly downloads | 15.2M | 172M | 275M | 95.9M |
| Download growth | +29% | +29% | +38% | +31% |
| Popularity score | 86/100 | 94/100 | 92/100 | 88/100 |
| Forks | 3.2k | 20.7k | 13.1k | 6.1k |
| Open issues | 2.9k | 1.9k | 2.2k | 1.9k |
| Last commit | 3d ago | today | 2d ago | 1d ago |
| Latest version | 2.1.0Oct 25, 2026 | 3.1.1Nov 4, 2026 | 2.5.4Oct 10, 2026 | 1.18.1Aug 21, 2026 |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | n/a | BSD-3-Clause |
| First released | 2020 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Signals | Trending | Popular | Popular | Popular |
| Listed in | Data Engineering & Analytics › DataFrames & Scientific Python | Data Engineering & Analytics › DataFrames & Scientific Python | Data Engineering & Analytics › DataFrames & Scientific Python | Data Engineering & Analytics › DataFrames & Scientific Python |
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