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pandas is a flexible and expressive Python data-analysis library for relational and labeled data. Centered on Series and DataFrame, it brings reshaping, joining, aggregation, missing values, time series, and data I/O into one interface.
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Handle label alignment, grouping, joins, pivots, and I/O
It provides automatic and explicit alignment, missing-data handling, mutable columns, groupby operations, label-based indexing, merge and join, reshaping and pivoting, and hierarchical indexes. I/O covers flat files such as CSV, Excel, databases, and HDF5, while time-series tools include ranges, frequency conversion, windows, shifting, and lagging.
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For Python workflows exploring and preparing tabular data
It fits cleaning, aggregation, feature preparation, and reporting tasks that map naturally to rows and columns. Measure data volume, dtypes, missing-value representation, indexes, copies, and memory in the real pipeline, then define when work moves to a database or distributed system.
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Check NumPy, optional I/O dependencies, and release differences
pandas requires NumPy and python-dateutil, plus tzdata in some environments, while file formats and database connections may need optional packages. Separate current PyPI or Conda releases from the main branch and review the chosen version's what's-new and installation pages for breaking changes and minimum dependencies. The license is BSD 3-Clause.
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Official sources
- [1]pandas README(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note
Selected for turning a short common-word name into specific discovery through Python, DataFrame, and operation-focused documentation.
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GitHub Topics
- data-analysis
- pandas
- flexible
- alignment
- python
- data-science
- Stars
- 49,724
- Forks
- 20,376
- Watchers
- 1,140
- Open issues
- 2,503
- Primary language
- Python
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Repository last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
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