A curated list of Polars docs, talks, tools, examples & articles the internet has to offer.
Polars is a lightning-fast DataFrame library for Rust, Python, Node.js and R.
Implemented in Rust, Polars uses Apache Arrow Columnar Format as the memory model.
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To see the latest entries in the list, view the changelog on trackawesomelist.com.
- August 2023 : Polars announces that it has raised a a $4M seed round!
- July 2024 : Python Polars 1.0 release ! See this blog post special announcement.
- September 2024 : Polars has a new lightweight plotting backend.
- September 2024 : GPU acceleration with Polars and NVIDIA RAPIDS.
- February 2025 : Polars Cloud; the distributed Cloud Architecture to run Polars anywhere.
- Documentation - Official user guide for Python, Rust and R.
- Documentation for Python API - Official API Reference for Python.
- Documentation for Rust API - Official API Reference for Rust.
- Documentation for Node.js API - Official API Reference for Node.js.
- Shared library plugins for Polars.
- Documentation for R API - Official API Reference for R.
- Github: Polars Github Organization - Official Polars Github repository.
- Blog posts from Polars - Official blogs posts from Polars.
- Keynote on Polars at EuroSciPy 2023 ⏳
57 min- Talk by @ritchie46 that dives into Polars and sees what makes it so efficient. It will touch on technologies like Arrow, Rust, parallelism, data structures, query optimization and more. - Talk about Polars at EuroPython Conference 2023 ⏳
28 min- Talk by @ritchie46 that introduces Polars and some of its design decisions.
To learn to write, see this great tutorial by @MarcoGorelli!
- polars-h3 - Efficient hexagonal indexing for large-scale geospatial analysis by @Filimoa.
- polars-reverse-geocode - This plugin is an offline reverse geocoder for finding the closest city to a given (latitude, longitude) pair by @MarcoGorelli.
- polars-st - Polars plugin that provides geographical/spatial operations on Polars DataFrames, Series, and Expressions by @Oreilles.
- polars-validator - Polars plugin that makes Polars DataFrames generics by @baggiponte.
- iban_validation_polars A package to facilitate validation of IBANs and getting bank identifier and branch identifier as a Polars plugin by @ericqu.
- polars-url - Polars plugin to parse/extract fields from urls by @condekind.
- polars_iptools - Polars plugin for IP address parsing and enrichment including geolocation by @erichutchins.
- polars-distance - Polars plugin for text similarity/pairwise distance functions by @ion-elgreco.
- polars-fuzzy-match - Python package for fuzzy matching with Polars, i.e. matching text elements that are similar but not exactly identical by @bnm3k.
- polars-strsim - Polars plugin that computes string similarity measures directly on a Polars dataframe by @foxcroftjn.
- polars_sim - Polars plugin that implements fast approximate joins on string columns for polars dataframes by @schemaitat.
- polars-ts - Polars Time Series Extension that offers a wide range of metrics, feature extractors, and various tools for time series forecasting by @drumtorben.
- polars-talib - Polars extension for Ta-Lib - support Ta-Lib functions in Polars expressions by @Yvictor.
- polars-xdt - Polars plugin with extra-datetime-related functionalities by @MarcoGorelli.
- polars-ml - Polars plugin for machine learning by @barak1412.
- polars-candle - Polars plugin for running candle ML models on Polars DataFrames by @wdoppenberg.
- polars-ds) - Polars extension for general data science use cases by @abstractqqq.
- polars_ols - Polars plugin that enables fast linear model Polar expressions by @azmyrajab.
- polars-pairing - Polars plugin that provides pairing functions that encode two natural numbers into a single natural number by @apcamargo.
- polars-utils - Collection of utilities for data exploration and analysis with Polars DataFrames by @junghoon-son.
- polars_list_utils - Polars extension that provides a set of utilities for working with List-type columns in Polars DataFrames by @dashdeckers.
- harley - Polars helper methods to enhance developer productivity by @TomBurdge.
- polars-config-meta - Polars plugin for persistent DataFrame-level metadata by @lmmx.
- polars_streaming_csv_decompression Polars IO plugin for reading compressed CSV/TSV files in a streaming fashion by @ghuls.
- life_polars_plugin - Polars plugin to showcase some features of the plugin system by @condekind.
- polars-finance - A collection of Python Polars plugins and functions for market data processing by @ngriffiths13.
- polars_encryption - Polars plugin that extends Polars with encryption algorithm AES-GSM-SIV by @zlobendog.
- polars-bio - Polars plugin for large-scale genomic analyses which is easy to use and considerable faster and more scalabe than existing alternatives by @biodatageeks.
- polars for Python - Python
polarspackage to use polars DataFrame from Python. - tidypolars
tidypolarspython library built on top of polars library that gives access to methods and functions familiar to R tidyverse users. - Working with Polars and XlsxWriter - Guide to using the Python XlsxWriter library with Polars to create Excel reports.
- Python package seaborn_polars - Python package to plot Polars DataFrames and LazyFrames with seaborn by @pavelcherepan.
- Python package functime - Machine learning Python package built on Polars for time-series predictions by @neocortexdb. According to the developpers, it's the world's fastest and most feature-full machine learning forecasting library !
- Ibis Python package for Polars - Ibis is a Python library that provides a lightweight, universal interface for data wrangling. It can be used with Polars.
- Narwhals - Python files that provides an extremely lightweight compatibility layer between Polars, Pandas, cuDF, and Modin by @narwhals-dev.
- polars-upgrade - Python package that automatically upgrades your Polars code so it's compatible with future versions by @MarcoGorelli.
- Polars for Identifiers and Standard Format Strings - Python package for Processing IBAN, ISINs, URLs and other standard format data in Polars by @abstractqqq.
- polars_hash - Python package that provides stable hashing functionality across different Polars versions by @ion-elgreco.
- polars_ta - Python package that provides technical indicator operators rewritten in Polars by @wukan1986.
- QuickEcharts - Python package for fast and easy echarts with Polars backend by @AdrianAntico.
- Polars OLS - Python package that provides efficient rust implementations of common linear regression variants and exposes them as simple Polars expressions by @azmyrajab.
- photoshoot - A pytest plugin library for doing snapshot testing with Polars DataFrames by @ngriffiths13.
- polar_patch - Python package that brings type safety and type checking for custom Polars plugins by @Summit-Sailors.
- cerburus - Python package that prints Polars DataFrames with hierarchical headers by @rhshadrach.
- polars_access_mdbtools - Python package for reading tables from an Access database into Polars dataframes, using mdbtools by @DeflateAwning.
- polars for Rust - Rust
polarscrate to use polars DataFrame with Rust. - Polars CLI
Polars CLIis a command line interface for running SQL queries with Polars as backend. - GeoPolars
Geopolarspre-alpha Rust crate that extends the Polars DataFrame library for use with geospatial data (not in active development - see top of readme). - iban_validation A set of projects to facilitate validation of ibans and getting the bank identifier and branch identifier in Rust, Python and Polars by @ericqu.
- rpolars for R - R
rpolarspackage to use polars DataFrame from R. - tidypolars for R
tidypolarspackage to use polars with tidyverse syntax. - polarssql -
polarssqlexperimental package which is a DBI-compliant interface to Polars. - r-polars-dashboard - Dashboard comparing r-polars and py-polars APIs.
- neo-r-polars - Next generation of Polars R API.
- nodejs-polars for Node.js - Node.js
nodejs-polarspackage to use polars DataFrame from Node.js.
- scala-polars for Scala and Java - Scala - Java
scala-polarsis a library for using Polars in Scala and Java projects by @chitralverma.
- polars for Ruby - Ruby
polars-dfgems to use Polars with Ruby.
- polars-explorer - A tool that aims to provide a lightweight GUI to data exploration/manipulation tasks using Rust Polars by @brutusyhy.
- polars-mas - A CLI tool and python library meant to perform large scale multiple association tests, primarily seen in academic research by @idinsmore1.
- Polars Cheat Sheet - A Polars Cheat Sheet by @FranzDiebold.
- Cheatsheet for Pandas to Polars - A Cheat Sheet that shows how to convert some familiar Pandas commands to Polars by @braaannigan.
- Modern Polars - A side by side comparison between Polars and Pandas containing code in both frameworks by @kevinheavey.
- Polars: um simples mas prático tutorial - Tutorial in the format of an ipynb notebook that illustrates several features of Polars in Portuguese by @barbosarafael. Associated github repository is here.
- A Practical Comparison of Polars and Pandas - A tutorial that showcases several common operations in Pandas and Polars side by side to demonstrate how much easier Polars is by @FlorianWilhelm. There is also an accompanying Jupyter notebook available.
- Prise en main de Polars - A notebook tutorial in French that illustrates the main features of Polars by @romaintailhurat and @linogaliana. There is also an accompanying blog post.
- Running Polars code distributedly - A page that explains how to rung Polars code distributedly with Fugue by @fugue-project.
- Converting SQL Queries to Polars DataFrames with JupySQL - A tutorial that explains how to convert SQL queries to Polars DataFrames using JupySQL by @ploomber.
- How to display Polars dataframes with itables - A tutorial that explains how to display Polars dataframes with itables by @mwouts.
- Rust Polars: Unlocking High-Performance Data Analysis — Part 1 - First part of an article that explores the world of Rust’s Polars and explain some basic concepts of Polars such as Series by @wiseaidev. Code used is available on Github here.
- Fast String Processing with Polars — Scam Emails Dataset - A tutorial using Polars to implement a text processing pipeline process by @AntonsRuberts. Code used is available on Github here.
- Cookbook Polars for R - A side-by-side comparison of Polars, R base, dplyr and data.table packages by @ddotta.
- Polars Workshop on AWS - A comprehensive workshop comparing Polars to Pandas, exploring a wide range of functions and features by @debnsuma.
- Polars cookbook in Python - This cookbook is a fork of the popular pandas-cookbook and has been modified to use the polars library. By @escobar-west, it uses real-world examples with "all the bugs and weirdness that entails."
- Data Pipelines with Polars: Step-by-Step Guide - A tutorial that explains how to build data pipelines with Polars by @AntonsRuberts. Code used is available on Github here.
- Python Polars: A Lightning-Fast DataFrame Library - A tutorial that shows how to use Polars with Python ecosystem by @hfhoffman1144. Code used is available on Github here.
- Polars plugins tutorial - How you (yes, you!) can write a Polars Plugin by @MarcoGorelli.
- Scripts and datasets for the O'Reilly book Python Polars: The Definitive Guide - Useful Python notebooks ordered by book chapter by @jeroenjanssens.
- Python-Polars-Tips-and-Tricks - Collection of source code demonstrating tips and tricks in Polars by @StuffbyYuki.
- (Pretty) big data wrangling with DuckDB and Polars - Documentation that introduces the use of DuckDB and Polars with examples in R and Python by @grantmcdermott.
- Introduction course that introduces the concept of DataFrame with Polars and Python. It also proposes some corrected exercices by @TLouf.
- Working With Python Polars - 7-lesson online video course that covers various topics related todata manipulation with Polars by @cltrudeau.
- Using the Polars DataFrame Library - A blog post by Wei-Meng Lee to discover the basics of Polars and how it can be used in place of Pandas.
- Why Polars uses less memory than Pandas - A blog post by Itamar Turner-Trauring detailing some techniques to opptimize Pandas memory usage and see how Polars can provide an answer in some cases.
- Plodding with Polars in Python - A blog post by @amitrathore that introduces some basic features of Polars.
- Polars-lazy - A blog post by @ritchie46 and @jorgecarleitao that introduces Polars' lazy API in Rust.
- Series of posts on Polars - A series of blogpost on Polars usage with a lot of useful tricks and information by @braaannigan. Moreover, Liam also has a Data Analysis with Polars course on Udemy.
- Youtube videos about Polars - A series of short youtube videos about Polars by @braaannigan
- Alternatives to Pandas: Python Polars - An article that explores the Python Polars module as an alternative to Pandas, comparing their similarities and differences and providing some examples by @JohnLockwood
- Pandas vs Polars - A comparison on File I/O - A blog post that evaluates Polars and Pandas in terms of I/O performance and speed when handling large datasets by Wes Poulsen.
- Discover the Power of Polars Library for Fast and Efficient Data Manipulation in Python - An article that quickly compares Polars to other data manipulation libraries by Morpheus.
- Why is Polars All The Rage? - An article that explains why Polars will become very popular by SeattleDataGuy and Daniel Beach.
- Polars vs Pandas — 4 key concept differences - An article that helps to understand key differences between Pandas and Polars Data Science libraries by @DataScienceDisciple.
- Replacing Pandas with Polars. A Practical Guide - A blog post comparing some common functions between Pandas and Polars by @danielbeach. Code used is available on Github here.
- Dataframe Showdown – Polars vs Spark vs Pandas vs DataFusion. Guess who wins? - A short article that presents a performance test between Polars, Pandas, Datafusion and Spark on a csv dataset by @danielbeach. Code used is available on Github here.
- 7 Easy Steps To Switch From Pandas to Lightning Fast Polars And Never Return - A cheat sheet blog post of the most common Pandas operations translated into Polars by @BexTuychiev.
- Polars for initial data analysis, Polars for production - A blog post that shows how to use Polars for initial data analysis and then effectively in production by @itamarst.
- DuckDB vs Polars vs Spark! - An article that performs a benchmark against duckdb/Polars/spark, with varying row count, with swap usage as another metric, in addition to runtime in seconds. Code used is available on Github here.
- Benchmarking PySpark Pandas, Pandas UDFs, and Fugue Polars - A blog post that compares the execution time of fugue + Polars, Pandas UDFs and PySpark Pandas by @kvnkho.
- Pandas vs. Polars: The Battle of Performance - An another blog post that compares the performance between Pandas and Polars across a range of common data manipulation tasks by @makeuseofcode. Code used is available on Github.
- Pandas 2.0 vs Polars: The Ultimate Battle - A blog post that analyzes in terms of Syntax, Speed, and Usability between Pandas 2.0 and Polars 0.17.0 by @priyanshu7401.
- Polars - modern data frame library - A blog post that describes why Polars could be a better alternative to pandas, dplyr or data.table by @DSkrzypiec.
- The fastest way to read a CSV file in Python - A blog post that compares different ways (including Polars, pyarrow and C) to read a CSV file with Python by Finn Andersen.
- Pandas vs Polars vs Pandas 2.0 …. FIGHT - A blog post that does an ETL process for checking big data speed processing between Pandas, Pandas 2.0 and Polars by @guoliveira.
- Pandas vs Polars vs Pandas 2.0 … ROUND 2 - A blog post that makes a new comparison between Pandas, Pandas 2.0 and Polars by @guoliveira.
- Polars VS PySpark: Lazy Evaluation and Big Data - A blog post that compares lazy evaluation between Polars and Spark by @guoliveira.
- Polars in the aRtic! - An another blog post that compares the performance between Pandas and Polars across a range of common data manipulation tasks by @MCodrescu. Code used is available on Github.
- A Polars exploration into Kedro - A blog post that explains how Polars can be used instead of pandas in Kedro for your data catalog and data manipulation by @astrojuanlu.
- High Performance Data Manipulation in Python: pandas 2.0 vs. polars - A blog post that compares differences between Python pandas 2.0 and Polars libraries by @jcanalesluna.
- Lightning-fast queries with Polars - Another blog post that is a good introduction to Polars by @astrojuanlu.
- Polars – Laziness and SQL Context. - A blog post that presents two good reasons to adopt Polars : Lazy and SQL Context by @danielbeach.
- Exploring Polars - The Lightning-Fast DataFrame Library in Python - A blog post on the basics of Polars by @mddas.
- Pandas vs Polars – Speed Comparison - A blog post that compares the performance of Polars, Pandas and Pandas 2.0 by @StuffbyYuki. Code used is available on Github here.
- LazyFrame vs DataFrame in Polars – Performance Comparison - A blog post that introduces what LazyFrame is in Polars and its performance gain compared to DataFrame by @StuffbyYuki. Code used is available on Github here.
- Querying Polars DataFrames using SQL - A blog post that shows how to use the SQLContext object in Python to query a Polars DataFrame directly using SQL by @weimenglee.
- Polars vs Pandas: A Brief Tale of Two DataFrame Libraries - A blog post that compares Polars and Pandas focusing in particular on optional dependencies by @ranggakd.
- EDA with Polars: Step-by-Step Guide for Pandas Users (Part 1) - A blog post that describes the main data processing operations with Polars in Python by @AntonsRuberts. Code used is available in this notebook.
- EDA with Polars: Step-by-Step Guide to Aggregate and Analytic Functions (Part 2) - A blog post that shows how to perform with Polars and Python some fairly complex aggregates, rolling statistics and more by @AntonsRuberts. Code used is available in this notebook.
- Pyspark or Polars — What should you use? - A blog post that explores and breaks down some of the similarities between PySpark and Polars. It provides insights on when to choose one over the other by Vivek Kovvuru.
- Getting Started with the Polars Data Manipulation Library - A blog post that presents some simple features of Polars using Python by Juveriya Mahreen.
- 8 ways pandas really losing to Polars for quick market data analysis - A newsletter that compares the performance of Polars to Pandas for many common data manipulation techniques by PyQuant News.
- All that Polars that Make You Forget Pandas - A blog post that explores some deeper reasons behind the performance gains of Polars over Pandas.
- Polars vs Pandas. Inside an AWS Lambda - A blog post that covers the topic of using Polars vs Pandas inside an AWS Lambda to do data processing by @danielbeach. Code used is available on Github here.
- DuckDB vs Polars for Data Engineering - A blog post that compares Polars and DuckDB with pipelines for Data Engineering by @danielbeach.
- Pandas vs Polars: A database speed test. Who wins? - A blog post that compares the run-time of reading a database into a dataframe using Pandas versus using Polars by Thomas Reid.
- Polars and Pandas : What's the difference ? - A blog post that explains how Polars works under the hood and th best use cases for Polars and Pandas by @t-redactyl.
- Understanding the Polars nested column types - A blog post that helps to understand how nested column types works in Polars by @braaannigan.
- Polars vs DuckDB for Delta Lake ops - A blog post that compares Polars to DuckDB using Delta Lake by @wolliq.
- Enhancing Data Analytics with Polars and MinIO - A blog post that explains how to use Polars with Minio’s open-source object storage by @IndexSeek.
- Using Polars with Snowflake - A blog post that shows how to use Polars with Snowflake by @IndexSeek.
- Partitioning Polars DataFrame on S3 with Apache Arrow - A blog post that explains how to partition large Polars DataFrames in AWS S3 by Matteo Arellano.
- Goodbye Spark. Hello Polars + Delta Lake - An article that presents how to use Polars in addition to Delta Lake by @danielbeach.
- How to learn Polars with ChatGPT? - An article that explains how to learn fundamental Polars concepts with ChatGPT by Suhith Illesinghe.
- Date and DateTime Manipulation in Polars - A blog post that shows examples of doing a number of date and datetime manipulations in Polars (Python) by @danielbeach. Code used is available on Github here.
- Pandas2 and Polars for Feature Engineering - A blog post that A blog post that compares Pandas2 and Polars for Feature Engineering tasks with Python by @hopswork.
- Spark vs Polars. Real-life Test Case - A blog post in which the author tests whether Polars is able to handle "real amounts of data" and "really replace some production Spark workloads." by @danielbeach. Code used is available on Github here.
- Using Polars Plugins for a 14x Speed Boost with Rust - A blog post thats shows the use of Polars plugin system for Rust from some concrete examples by @ngriffiths13.
- Working with DateTime data in Polars - A blog post to helps you with the main operations that can be done with datetime data by Rielly Griffiths.
- Revolutionize Your Data Analysis: Polars Outperforms Pandas by Up to 5x in Numerical Filter Operations! - A blog post that compares Polars with Pandas by examining their performance in the real world by Daniel Builescu.
- Time series Analysis with Polars - A short blog post that explains how to deal with temporal datasets by @gaborschulz. Full helpful notebook available here.
- Interesting thread about Polars on Hacker News
- Level Up Your Data Analysis with Polars: A Powerful DataFrame Library for Speed and Efficiency - A blog post that describes the main features of Polars (with benchmarks) by ravi-m.
- polars’ Rgonomic Patterns - A blog post that deeps dive into some of the advanced data wrangling functionality in python’s Polars package by @emilyriederer.
- Great Tables: The Polars DataFrame Styler of Your Dreams - A post that shows how Great Tables package uses polars expressions to make delightful tables by @machow.
- Polars dataframe’s plugins and extensibility: getting started - A post that illustrates the possibility of extending the core Dataframe API of Polars with a few examples by @brunocous.
- 15 Pandas ↔ Polars ↔ SQL ↔ PySpark Translations - A post that depicts the 15 most common tabular operations in Polars and their corresponding translations in Pandas, SQL and PySpark by @ChawlaAvi.
- LazyFrame: Exploring Laziness in Dataframes from Polars in Python - A blog post that introduces LazyFrames with Polars an Python by Manoj Das.
- Data Statistics in Polars - A post that explains how to extract insightful information from your data in Polars by Alexandre Petit.
- Groupby in Polars - A post that explains how to Learn how to do group data using Polars by Alexandre Petit.
- DuckDB vs Polars - Thunderdome. - A blog post that compares Polars and DuckDB with the use of 16 GB of data on a machine of only 4 GB by @danielbeach.
- How moving from Pandas to Polars made me write better code without writing better code - A post that describs the process of "Polarification" of code written with Pandas by @duvenagep.
- Revisiting a Classic Cheminformatics Paper with Polars: The Wiener Index - A science blog post that uses Polars to track the information for the molecules in DataFrames by @bertiewooster.
- How to start using Polars & DuckDB together for data analysis - A post that demonstrates the usage of Polars with DuckDB to perform similar data transformations as is done using Pandas by @sumaniitm.
- Anatomy of a Polars Query: A Syntax Comparison of Polars vs SQL - A post that compares Polars syntax to SQL by @bfeif.
- Pandas vs. Polars — Time to Switch? - A blog post that compares Polars to Pandas in a series of 4 benchmarks performed on a csv file with 11 million rows by @daradecic.
- How to JOIN datasets in Polars … compared to Pandas - A blog post compares dataframe joins in Polars vs Pandas by @danielbeach.
- DuckDB vs Polars - Which One Is Faster? - An unofficial benchmark on DuckDB and Polars by @StuffbyYuki.
- Pandas vs Polars? Bid Adieu to Pandas and Switch To Polars! - An article that compares Polars to Pandas with a dataset of 1.2 GB. Code used is available on Github here.
- Polars vs. Pandas: 30 Comparison Functions - A reminder blog post that compares 30 functions written with Polars and Pandas by Yunuskaradagg.
- Polars vs. SQL: When to Choose Python for Your Data Adventures - A blog post that explores some common functions and their counterparts in both Polars and SQL by Yunuskaradagg.
- Age of DataFrames II: Polars Edition - A blog post that illustrates the features of Polars through the analysis of a tournament from the video game Age of Empires II by [@woutergins]. Source code available here
- Polars: A Modern DataFrame Library - An article that introduces to Polars design and its main features by @gox6.
- Mastering Polars: High-Efficiency Data Analysis and Manipulation - An article that provides a comprehensive introduction of Polars, highlighting its features and showcasing practical examples to get started.
- Encrypting data with Polars - A post that illustrates how to use the polars_encryption plugin to encrypt data with Polars by @zlobendog.
- Case Study Comparing Pandas and Polars with 1 Million Rows Data - An blog post that compares benchmarking scores with the Independent samples t-test and Welch’s t-test using Python.
- How to Move From Pandas to Polars - A blog post that explains how to move from Pandas to Polars using Pycharm by [@Cheukting].
- DuckDB vs Polars — Which One Is Faster? - An unofficial benchmark on DuckDB and Polars by Yuki Kakegawa.
- Polars: The Must-Know Data Frame Library Every Data Scientist Should Know - A blog post that provides a good first guide to the features of Polars by @AnsaBaby.
- Benchmarking energy usage and performance of Polars and pandas - A blog post by the Polars team itself benchmarking Polars and Pandas.
- Why I’m Switching to Polars - A blog post that explains the reasons why Ari Lamstein now uses Polars by @arilamstein.
- Polars: A Modern DataFrame Library for High-Performance Data Analysis in Python - An article that presents data manipulation operations focusing on eager execution by Ardi Arunaditya.
- Using Polars in Rust for high-performance data analysis - An article that looks how to use Polars to build a basic data analysis application, which exposes data sets and querying capabilities via a REST-based Web API by @Mario Zupan.
- Pandas vs Polars: Performance Benchmarks for Common Data Operations - A blog post that compares performance on common data operations between Polars and Pandas by Vinod Chugani.
- The Polars vs pandas Difference Nobody is Talking About - A blog post that talks about non-elementary group-by aggregations with Polars by @marcogorelli.
- Translating Pandas to Polars - A blog post that that proposes 20 code translations from Pandas to Polars by @Rohit-Salunke.
- Tutorials about Polars - A list of blog posts on Polars topics by @sparkbyexamples.
- How to Deal With Missing Data in Polars - A post that covers practical techniques for managing missing data with Polars by Ian Eyre.
- Polars intro A short demo that introduces the Polars dataframe library through a marimo notebook by @rparkr.
- Build a Decision Tree in Polars from Scratch - A post that explains how to build a decision tree with Polars by @tocab. Code used is available on Github here.
- Pandas vs Polars: is it time to change? - A post that summarizes the main issues involved in the transition from Pandas to Polars by Michelangelo Florio.
- The Complete Guide to Polars for Data Science - A hands-on tutorial that teaches how to load, manipulate, transform and optimize data sets with Polars in Python by @norochalise. Code used is available on Github here.
- Polars: Blazingly Fast DataFrames in Rust and Python ⏳
37 min- Introduction to Polars by databricks. - Polars: The Next Big Python Data Science Library... written in Rust? ⏳
14 min- A short video tutorial to get started coding with Polars by @RobMulla. - The Last Polars Dataframe vs. Pandas Dataframe Video You Should Ever See ⏳
19 min- A video that compares Polars and Pandas data frames. - The Best library for building Data Pipelines... ⏳
12 min- A video that compares Pandas, Spark and Polars for working with data in Python by @RobMulla. - Expressive & fast dataframes in Python with polars ⏳
28 min- A video that reviews some alternatives to Pandas for Python and then demonstrates some Polars features by Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez. - Polars Introduction for Python with a 128GB Ryzen 24-core Benchmark vs Pandas ⏳
12 min- A video that provides an introduction to Polars for Python by @jeffheaton. Notebook used for the video in this github repo. - Polars: The main alternative to pandas in Python!? ⏳
57 min- A Polars tutorial series on Youtube by @martinbel. Notebooks and datasets used for the videos available in this github repo. - Polars vs Pandas ⏳
37 min- A detailed video on Youtube that compares Polars and Pandas by @hu-po. - Polars: The Super Fast Dataframe Library for Python — Goodbye Pandas? - An article and a video ⏳
19 minthat explores some basic features of Polars by @ifrankandrade. - Manipulación de Datos con Polars en python ⏳
51 min- A detailed tutorial video in Spanish that shows 20 Polars functions to perform 80% of the tasks of a data scientist by Naren Castellon. - An opinionated introduction to Polars - Great Polars introduction slides from @krlng at PyCon 2023.
- Polars - make the switch to lightning-fast dataframes ⏳
30 min- A talk that reports an experience switching from Pandas to Polars in a real-world ML project by @datenzauberai. Slides are available here. - Polars vs Pandas | detailed test with explained results ⏳
22 min- A video that presents 8 distinct tests which demonstrates differences between Pandas and Polars by @vb100. Associated github repo is here. - Polars: A highly optimized dataframe library ⏳
20 min- A video that presents some mains features of Polars by @mattharrison. - How to update mass data using Polars DataFrame ⏳
9 min- A video that presents the process of writing code to update mass columns across CSV or data files by @AmitXShukla. Notebook used for the video in this github repo. - Using the Rust Polars DataFrame library in a CLI ⏳
4 min- A video that shows how to integrate Polars in a commande line interface by @paiml. - The Ultimate Guide to Data Wrangling with Python | Rust Polars Data Frame ⏳
10 videos- A playlist of 10 videos (WIP) that equips you with all the necessary knowledge required to utilize Python Polars Data Frame by @AmitXShukla. - Polars DataFrame ⏳ 41 min - A video that shows some basic manipulations with Polars and Python by @vedica1011. Notebook used for the video in this github repo.
- Why I switched grom Pandas to Polars ⏳ 53 min - A workshop that breaks down the 3 reasons why you could switched from Pandas to Polars by @bfeif. Notebook used for the video in this github repo.
- Delimiters in Python Polars ⏳ 15 min - A video that explains how to use delimiters in Python Polars by @CodeKlaudia.
- Intro to Polars ⏳ 7 videos - A playlist of 7 videos that introduces the basic concepts of Polars (DataFrames, filtering, splitting...) by Joram Mutenge.
- Machine Learning with Polars ⏳ 6 videos - A playlist of 6 videos that analyzing and cleaning data using Polars to train machine learning models by Joram Mutenge.
- Pandas and Polars with Marco Gorelli ⏳
55 min- A podcast by The Developers' Bakery that compares the performance of Polars to Pandas by @MarcoGorelli. - Library of the week 13 : Polars with Python ⏳ 15 min - A video that presents Polars with Python by @enarroied. Article supplied with the video in this page.
- Polars is the Pandas killer | PyData Tel Aviv 2024 ⏳ 22 min - A video that shows how Polars is competing head to head with scale, speed and ease of use for dataframe solution in python by Igor Mintz.
- Polars-Cookbook in Python - Polars cookbook with organized by Python notebooks and chapter by @StuffbyYuki.
- Polars - An Optimized Dataframe Library ⏳ 84 min - A video that compares the main features of Polars with those of Pandas, with a focus on speeding up your data pipeline by @mattharrison.
- DataFrames on steroids with Polars ⏳ 42 min - A video that demonstrates Polars for Python and shows how much faster it is compared to pandas while remaining just as convenient by @prosoitos. Slides are available here.
- Pandas, Polars and the DataDrame Consortium ⏳ 25 min - A video that offers a detailed performance comparison between Polars and Pandas. This analysis serves as a foundation for the introduction of the DataFrame Consortium, which aims to standardize data manipulation libraries.
- Polars streaming data processing ⏳ 61 min - A video that provides a complete tutorial on the main methods used in Polars by Digital Program Life.
- Python: Polars Data Analysis ⏳ 59 min - A video that illustrates the main features of Polars by Digital Program Life.
- Integrate Polars DataFrame with Ollama ⏳ 12 min - A video that demonstrates how to integrate Polars with Ollama local models to do data analysis by @fahdmirza.
- Polars basics playlist - A playlist that introduces the basic features of Polars in an instructive way.
- Polars - SQL Interface for Querying DataFrames ⏳ 20 min - A video that shows how to use SQL to query the data in Polars DataFrames by @bugbytes-io.
- How to Learn the Polars DataFrame Library ⏳ 110 min - A long video that explains and illustrates the basic principles of Polars by @KeithGalli. Associated github repo is here.
- Polars with Plotly ⏳ 19 min - A video that shows the usage of Polars with the Plotly graphic library by Plotly. <>
- Polars and time series | PyData 2024 ⏳ 29 min - A video that shows how to use Polars effectively for time series analysis iby @MarcoGorelli.
- How to Learn the Polars DataFrame Library ⏳ 65 min - A video that enables to learn practical techniques for data manipulation and advanced transformations by @kimfetti. Associated github repo is here.
- Polars: Past, Present and Future with Ritchie Vink ⏳ 71 min - A video in which Jon Krohn talks with the creator of Polars, Ritchie Vink (@ritchie46), about why Polars is important, how it works, and where it's going by @jonkrohn.
- Understanding Polars Expressions when you're used to Pandas ⏳ 36 min - A video that explains how to understand expressions from a Pandas perspective by @marcogorelli.
- Understanding Polars Expressions when you're used to Pandas ⏳ 31 min - A video that explains how to write your own Polars Plugin by @marcogorelli.
- pola-rs (@pola-rs) - Github organisation for Polars
- Ritchie Vink (@ritchie46) - Author of Polars
- Stijn de Gooijer (@stinodego) - Member of Polars organisation
- Danny van Kooten (@dannyvankooten) - Member of Polars organisation
- Alexander Beedie (@alexander-beedie) - Contributor to Polars projects
- Marco Edward Gorelli (@MarcoGorelli) - Contributor to Polars projects
- Eitsupi (@eitsupi) - Contributor to R Polars project
- Etienne Bacher (@etiennebacher) - Contributor to R Polars project
- PolarsCodeAcademy - Youtube Channel with thematic videos about Polars
- Damien Dotta (@ddotta) - Maintainer of Awesome Polars list
Thanks goes to these contributors!
