category-encoders

A package for encoding categorical variables for machine learning

category-encoders has been downloaded 101,669,377 times in total on PyPI, including 3,210,289 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
101.67M
LicenseBSD-3
AuthorPaulWestenthanner
UpdatedNov 2, 2025

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VersionsTotal2.*1.*
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Selected total17.84M
101.7MAll-time
3.2MLast 30 days
114.8kLast 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
    23.4%
  • 02

    2.9.0

    1.8M downloads
    19.9%
  • 03

    2.7.0

    1.4M downloads
    15.8%
  • 04

    2.6.1

    1.2M downloads
    13.9%
  • 05

    2.6.4

    704.8k downloads
    7.9%
  • 06

    2.8.0

    654.5k downloads
    7.3%
  • 07

    2.6.3

    308.0k downloads
    3.5%
  • 08

    2.2.2

    293.7k downloads
    3.3%
  • 09

    Other

    449.3k downloads
    5.0%

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