category-encoders

A package for encoding categorical variables for machine learning

category-encoders has been downloaded 105,719,151 times in total on PyPI, including 2,832,590 in the last 30 days. The latest version is 2.9.0, released Nov 2, 2025. It is distributed under the BSD-3 license.

Version2.9.0
Downloads
105.72M
LicenseBSD-3
AuthorPaulWestenthanner
UpdatedNov 2, 2025

Downloads

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VersionsTotal2.*1.*
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Selected total17.85M
105.7MAll-time
2.8MLast 30 days
73.2kLast 24 h
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Version distribution

Share of downloads by released version. Computed over the last quarter.

  • 01

    2.8.1

    1.7M downloads
    18.9%
  • 02

    2.9.0

    1.6M downloads
    18.0%
  • 03

    2.7.0

    1.4M downloads
    15.8%
  • 04

    2.6.1

    1.4M downloads
    15.4%
  • 05

    2.6.4

    669.3k downloads
    7.6%
  • 06

    2.8.0

    640.7k downloads
    7.3%
  • 07

    2.10.0

    395.6k downloads
    4.5%
  • 08

    2.2.2

    375.4k downloads
    4.2%
  • 09

    Other

    731.3k downloads
    8.3%

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