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39,911
Today
+3
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Extremely fast Query Engine for DataFrames, written in Rust

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About the project

Polars is an analytical query engine for DataFrames written in Rust, with bindings for Python, Node.js, R, and SQL. It offers fast queries with lazy execution, out-of-the-box optimization, and streaming processing for datasets larger than RAM.

Useful for
  • Run order aggregation by customer from a parquet file using a lazy query
  • Process 250GB of data on a laptop via streaming collect mode
  • Speed up existing pandas pipelines by rewriting them with Polars expressions

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1.8 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score.

Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 2, 2026, 10:18 UTC.

The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.

Stars per day

03060August 6, 2026November 3, 2026

Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.

Why it’s trending

  • 3 stars so far today, about 8 expected by the end of the day.
  • Recent forks include notable developers: @fornwall (2,490 followers).

Measured growth: the last 7 completed days

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Total stars
39,911
Today
+3 stars on 2026-10-02 (UTC), ≈ 8 by evening
Forks
3,147
Issues and pull requests
29,592
Watchers
222
Language
Rust
License
MIT
Latest release
py-2.0.0-rc.2 · September 20, 2026
Created
May 13, 2020
Last push
October 2, 2026

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Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

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