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Query and processing engines · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Nvidia · 9,797 stars

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cuDF - GPU DataFrame Library

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Repository
NVIDIA/cudf · created May 7, 2017
Website
docs.nvidia.com/cudf
Language
C++
Foundation
None; run by Nvidia
Company
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Apache-2.0
Stars per week
5 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 9, 20269,797
Oct 26, 20269,786
Oct 19, 20269,781
Oct 5, 20269,774
Sep 28, 20269,766
Sep 21, 20269,761

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Stars per weekOct 21, 2026

Gains about 5 stars a week, down from 7.

Stars per weekOct 11, 2026

Gains about 7 stars a week, up from 5.

Stars per weekSep 28, 2026

Gains about 5 stars a week.

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