category-encoders

A package for encoding categorical variables for machine learning

category-encoders has been downloaded 105,360,614 times in total on PyPI, including 2,935,317 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
105.36M
LicenseBSD-3
AuthorPaulWestenthanner
UpdatedNov 2, 2025

Downloads

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VersionsTotal2.*1.*
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Selected total17.95M
105.4MAll-time
2.9MLast 30 days
109.4kLast 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
    19.2%
  • 02

    2.9.0

    1.7M downloads
    18.5%
  • 03

    2.7.0

    1.4M downloads
    15.9%
  • 04

    2.6.1

    1.3M downloads
    14.9%
  • 05

    2.6.4

    676.7k downloads
    7.6%
  • 06

    2.8.0

    655.5k downloads
    7.4%
  • 07

    2.2.2

    366.9k downloads
    4.1%
  • 08

    2.10.0

    355.5k downloads
    4.0%
  • 09

    Other

    744.8k downloads
    8.4%

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