contourpy
Fast Python library for calculating contours from 2D quadrilateral grids, used for scientific visualization.
Used in agent projects
23
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in charts and data visualisation
#14 of 16
by use in those projects
Downloads
34.5M
PyPI, last 7 days, contourpy
GitHub stars
113
last push Sep 23, 2026
How contourpy is used
contourpy is a dependency in 23 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #14 of 16 in charts and data visualisation. The most used alternative there is Recharts. Projects that use it most often also use fonttools (100.0%), NumPy (100.0%), packaging (100.0%).
Often used with contourpy
| fonttools | 100.0% of contourpy projects · 423.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| NumPy | 100.0% of contourpy projects · 26.1× more than average |
| packaging | 100.0% of contourpy projects · 88.2× more than average |
| Pillow | 100.0% of contourpy projects · 43.5× more than average |
| pyparsing | 100.0% of contourpy projects · 264.5× more than average |
| python-dateutil | 100.0% of contourpy projects · 77.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list contourpy as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install contourpy |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (22), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | mikegianfelice/Hunter, Zaydo123/RPC-Benchmark, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, nihilistau/CosySim, brandoz2255/Harvis |
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