Top 25 Python libraries Muhammad Ejaz

No. Library Primary Description Common Advantages Limitations Popularity

Function Applications (GitHub
Stars)
1 NumPy Numerical Supports large, Array Fast and efficient Limited support 27.9k
computing multi-dimensional manipulation, for large datasets for data frames,
arrays and scientific basic plots
matrices, with calculations
mathematical
functions to
operate on these
arrays
2 Pandas Data Provides data DataFrames, Flexible, Can be slow for 43.6k
manipulation structures and time series extensive very large
and analysis functions for data analysis functionality for datasets
manipulation, data cleaning
especially useful
for tabular data
3 Matplotlib Data Basic 2D plotting Simple plots, Highly Lacks advanced, 20.2k
visualization library for visual data customizable, interactive
creating graphs representation foundational capabilities
and plots library
4 Seaborn Statistical data Built on Statistical data Aesthetically Limited 12.5k
visualization Matplotlib, exploration pleasing, customization
provides simplifies compared to
enhanced complex plots Matplotlib
visualizations,
especially for
statistical plots
5 Scikit-Learn Machine Provides tools for Classification, User-friendly, Not ideal for deep 59.9k
learning predictive data regression comprehensive learning
analysis and documentation
machine learning
models
6 TensorFlow Deep learning End-to-end Neural Highly scalable, Steeper learning 186k
platform for networks, optimized for curve, verbose
machine learning, image production syntax
primarily used for processing
neural networks
7 Keras Deep learning High-level neural Image and text Easy to learn, Limited 61.9k
networks API on processing integrates well customization
top of with TensorFlow without
TensorFlow, TensorFlow
simplifying deep
learning
8 PyTorch Deep learning Open-source ML NLP, computer Dynamic Less mature for 83.4k
library, popular in vision, computation production
academic research reinforcement graphs, intuitive compared to
for neural learning syntax TensorFlow
networks
9 Statsmodels Statistical Provides classes Regression, Extensive Limited machine 10.1k
analysis and functions for time series support for learning
estimating analysis statistical tests capabilities
statistical models
and hypothesis
testing
10 NLTK Natural Library for Tokenization, Comprehensive Slower than 13.6k
Language working with stemming, for NLP spaCy for
Processing human language parsing beginners production NLP
data
11 spaCy Natural Industrial-strength Entity Fast, production- Limited options 30k
Language NLP library, recognition, ready for low-level
Processing highly efficient POS tagging processing
for large-scale
processing
12 Gensim Topic Used for topic Word2Vec, Memory Requires large 15.6k
modeling and modeling, LDA models efficient, highly data to be
document document optimized effective
similarity similarity, and
word embedding
13 Scrapy Web scraping Fast, high-level Web scraping, Flexible, Setup complexity 52.9k
web crawling and data extraction asynchronous for large projects
web scraping processing
framework
14 BeautifulSoup Web scraping Library for Simple web Simple syntax, Slower than 21.1k
parsing HTML scraping, easy to learn Scrapy for large
and XML HTML parsing data sets
documents,
commonly used
for web scraping
15 Plotly Interactive Graphing library Interactive Highly Limited for static 16.2k
data for creating dashboards, interactive, web- visuals
visualization interactive and web apps compatible
web-based data
visualizations
16 Bokeh Interactive Provides Interactive Python-native, Less intuitive 19.3k
data interactive plots visualizations, browser-based than Plotly for
visualization and dashboards streaming data visualizations beginners
17 OpenCV Computer Library of Image Comprehensive, Lacks deep 78.8k
vision programming processing, optimized for learning models,
functions aimed at object real-time complex syntax
real-time detection applications
computer vision
18 Scipy Scientific Contains modules Signal Extensive Less user-friendly 13k
computing for optimization, processing, functionality, than
integration, image robust Pandas/NumPy
interpolation, processing for beginners
eigenvalue
problems, and
more
19 XGBoost Boosted tree- Optimized Classification, High accuracy, Tuning 26.6k
based distributed regression fast performance hyperparameters
algorithms gradient boosting can be
library challenging
20 LightGBM Boosted tree- High-performance Classification, Fast, efficient Not ideal for 16.6k
based gradient boosting ranking with large small datasets
algorithms library optimized datasets
for speed
21 CatBoost Boosted tree- Gradient boosting Classification,Handles Limited GPU 8.1k
based with support for regression categorical data support compared
algorithms categorical well, fast to XGBoost
features performance
22 Theano Mathematical Library for Neural network Efficient for deep Largely replaced 9.9k
expressions defining, prototyping learning research by TensorFlow
optimizing, and and PyTorch
evaluating
mathematical
expressions
23 Dash Web app Framework for Data Interactive, easy- Limited 21.4k
building for building dashboards, to-deploy customization
data analytical web web-based without Plotly
visualization applications reporting integration
24 PyCaret Machine Simplifies Automated User-friendly, Limited 8.9k
learning machine learning ML, model saves customization for
workflows for evaluation development advanced users
time
 prototyping and
deployment
25 SymPy Symbolic Library for Algebra, Exact symbolic Not suitable for 12.9k
mathematics symbolic calculus, calculations, easy numerical
mathematics, equations to integrate computations
performs solving
algebraic
computations
26 Shap Model Used for Feature Provides Computationally 22.7k
explainability interpreting importance, interpretability intensive for large
complex machine model for black-box models
learning models explainability models