pandas Alternatives

pandas is described as 'Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to pandas for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Python and BSD apps. The best pandas alternative is Spyder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like pandas are SciPy, Anaconda, PyPI and NumPy.

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  1. Spyder icon

    Spyder

     73 likes

    Combines advanced editing, analysis, debugging, and profiling functionalities with data exploration, execution, and visualization capabilities. Expandable using its powerful plugin system and API, providing flexibility for custom integrations.

    48 Spyder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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  2. SciPy icon

    SciPy

     98 likes

    SciPy is a collection of mathematical algorithms and convenience functions built on NumPy. It adds significant power to Python by providing the user with high-level commands and classes for manipulating and visualizing data.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  4. Anaconda icon

    Anaconda

     71 likes

    Completely free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. Includes 100+ of the most popular Python packages for science, math, engineering, data analysis. Cross platform on Linux, Windows, Mac.

    23 Anaconda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  5. PyPI icon

    PyPI

     8 likes

    The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language. PyPI helps you find and install software developed and shared by the Python community. Package authors use PyPI to distribute their software.

    51 PyPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. NumPy icon

    NumPy

     7 likes

    NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing in Python. It is a Python library that provides a multidimensional array object, various derived objects (such as masked arrays and matrices), and an assortment of routines for fast operations on arrays, including...

    52 NumPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  7. Polars icon

    Polars

     2 likes

    Polars is a highly performant DataFrame library for manipulating structured data. The core is written in Rust, but the library is also available in Python. Its key features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  9. python(x,y) icon

    python(x,y)

     37 likes

    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Ardos icon

    Ardos

     1 like

    Discover Erdos, the secure AI-native IDE that pairs Jupyter notebooks with an embedded assistant to edit code, surface documentation, and accelerate analysis.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  11. WinPython icon

    WinPython

     13 likes

    The easiest way to run Python, Spyder with SciPy and friends out of the box on any Windows PC, without installing anything!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Miniconda icon

    Miniconda

     2 likes

    Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  13. Portable Python icon

    Portable Python

     2 likes

    Minimum bare bones portable python distribution with PyScripter as development environment. Contains no additional packages other than those provided with the official python setup from python.org.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  14. iD3 icon

    iD3

     1 like

    iD3 is an open-source, cross-platform desktop IDE for D3.js development. It's designed to simplify data visualization with D3 and sports a Python based data management system and custom generated attribute controls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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