polars

v0.53.0 Growing

DataFrame library based on Apache Arrow

MIT Edition 2024

#arrow#dataframe#query-engine

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Quick Verdict

!Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
✓Massive adoption (6.1K crates depend on it)
!Heavy dependency tree (27 direct deps)
✓Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads

11.2M

Dependents

6.1K

Releases

120

Size

138KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

887.9K downloads in the last 30 days (29.6K/day), up 5% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

6.1K crates depend on polars. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, polars hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

27 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include duckdb, rust_xlsxwriter, pyo3-polars, lingua, faer-ext. When high-quality crates choose polars, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days

29K/day avg-6%

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on polars

Version Adoption

v0.52.0

31%

v0.49.1

28%

v0.53.0

15%

v0.51.0

15%

v0.48.1

10%

Release Timeline

10 releasessince 2025

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Feature Flags

default =["docs", "zip_with", "csv", "polars-parquet", "temporal", "fmt", "dtype-slim"]

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