pydata/sparse

Sparse multi-dimensional arrays for the PyData ecosystem

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Sparse

Sparse Multidimensional Arrays

This library provides multi-dimensional sparse arrays.

array-api

numpy

python

sparse-arrays

sparse-data

sparse-matrices

sparse-matrix

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4.8/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

9/10

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sparse

Latest release

0.19.2 · Aug 14, 2026

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Albert Villanova del Moral

644 followers · starred Aug 2021

Sylvain Corlay

936 followers · starred Aug 2021

Melissa Weber Mendonça

711 followers · starred Jan 2020

Stefan van der Walt

1,035 followers · starred Apr 2017

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