compare
cuDF vs pandas
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | cuDF | pandas |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C++ | Python |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Stars | 9.8k | 50k |
| Latest | v26.08.01 | v3.0.6 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 38 days between releases | about 48 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 56+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 47+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
cuDF replaces pandas. Alternatives to pandas →
Drop-incudf.pandas runs pandas code unchanged on an NVIDIA GPU, falling back to the CPU where needed.
cuDF
- v26.08.012026-08-25Backport #23646, #23732, #23714: Fix cudf-java native load
- v26.08.002026-08-05Enforce pandas 3.0 deprecations and subsequent related cuDF deprecations part 1
- v26.06.012026-06-03Temporarily WAR rapidsmpf<->libcudf conda package build cycle (#22520)
- v26.06.002026-06-03Undeprecate the byte-pair-encoding APIs
- v26.04.002026-04-08Make offset vectors consistent across partitioning APIs
cuDF
unsigned The latest release, v26.08.01, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
Loading the security report
pandas
unsigned The latest release, v3.0.6, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
Loading the security report