category-encoders

A package for encoding categorical variables for machine learning

category-encoders has been downloaded 99,503,876 times in total on PyPI, including 2,908,629 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
99.50M
LicenseBSD-3
AuthorPaulWestenthanner
UpdatedNov 2, 2025

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VersionsTotal2.*1.*
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99.5MAll-time
2.9MLast 30 days
117.4kLast 24 h
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Version distribution

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

  • 01

    2.8.1

    2.1M downloads
    24.4%
  • 02

    2.9.0

    1.5M downloads
    17.4%
  • 03

    2.7.0

    1.4M downloads
    15.9%
  • 04

    2.6.1

    1.3M downloads
    14.7%
  • 05

    2.6.4

    716.7k downloads
    8.3%
  • 06

    2.8.0

    638.1k downloads
    7.4%
  • 07

    2.6.3

    318.1k downloads
    3.7%
  • 08

    2.2.2

    255.0k downloads
    3.0%
  • 09

    Other

    460.5k downloads
    5.3%

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