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
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99.50M
LicenseBSD-3
AuthorPaulWestenthanner
UpdatedNov 2, 2025
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VersionsTotal2.*1.*
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Version distribution
Share of downloads by released version. Computed over the last quarter.
- 0124.4%
2.8.1
2.1M downloadsDownloads2.1M24.4% - 0217.4%
2.9.0
1.5M downloadsDownloads1.5M17.4% - 0315.9%
2.7.0
1.4M downloadsDownloads1.4M15.9% - 0414.7%
2.6.1
1.3M downloadsDownloads1.3M14.7% - 058.3%
2.6.4
716.7k downloadsDownloads716.7k8.3% - 067.4%
2.8.0
638.1k downloadsDownloads638.1k7.4% - 073.7%
2.6.3
318.1k downloadsDownloads318.1k3.7% - 083.0%
2.2.2
255.0k downloadsDownloads255.0k3.0% - 095.3%
Other
460.5k downloadsDownloads460.5k5.3%
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