category-encoders

A package for encoding categorical variables for machine learning

category-encoders has been downloaded 103,696,767 times in total on PyPI, including 3,059,342 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
103.70M
LicenseBSD-3
AuthorPaulWestenthanner
UpdatedNov 2, 2025

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VersionsTotal2.*1.*
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Selected total18.03M
103.7MAll-time
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Version distribution

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

  • 01

    2.8.1

    1.9M downloads
    21.2%
  • 02

    2.9.0

    1.8M downloads
    20.0%
  • 03

    2.7.0

    1.4M downloads
    15.9%
  • 04

    2.6.1

    1.3M downloads
    14.4%
  • 05

    2.6.4

    687.9k downloads
    7.7%
  • 06

    2.8.0

    656.4k downloads
    7.4%
  • 07

    2.2.2

    328.3k downloads
    3.7%
  • 08

    2.6.3

    307.3k downloads
    3.5%
  • 09

    Other

    563.1k downloads
    6.3%

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