Polars license, foundation and stars
Query and processing engines · MIT (open source) · backed by Polars · 39,858 stars
Extremely fast Query Engine for DataFrames, written in Rust
License history
LICENSE fileMIT No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2020.
Latest release
py-1.44.2 published Sep 9, 2026
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About and history
- Repository
- pola-rs/polars · created May 13, 2020
- Website
- docs.pola.rs
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by Polars
- Company
- Polars
- GitHub detects
- MIT
- Stars per week
- 77 (OSS Insight weekly star history, Aug 31 to Sep 21, 2026)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 39,858 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | TrackedAdded: pola-rs/polars |