Dask
Parallel computing library for scaling pandas, NumPy and scikit-learn workflows.
ML and data science PyPI BSD-3-Clause
How Dask is used
Dask is a dependency in 4 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 120 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use NumPy (96.7%), Matplotlib (92.5%), joblib (90.0%).
Dask popularity over time
Gid Score 65: downloads 82, use in agent projects 53, GitHub stars 56, downloads trend 64 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Dask
| NumPy | 96.7% of Dask projects · 16.6× more than average |
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| Matplotlib | 92.5% of Dask projects · 34.4× more than average |
| joblib | 90.0% of Dask projects · 127.0× more than average |
| cloudpickle | 88.3% of Dask projects · 685.5× more than average |
| NetworkX | 88.3% of Dask projects · 88.4× more than average |
| SciPy | 87.5% of Dask projects · 48.1× more than average |
| CFFI | 86.7% of Dask projects · 134.5× more than average |
From all 120 projects in our scan that use Dask, including the dependency samples.
How Dask is funded
GitHub Sponsors
| @numfocus | 65 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund Dask
GitHub Sponsors Own page Tidelift
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Agent Skills for Dask
| dask from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | Scales pandas, NumPy, and custom Python research workflows beyond memory or across clusters with Dask. Covers DataFrames, Arrays, Bags, Futures, chunking, sche…npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill dask |
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| dask from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills | Parallel/distributed computing. Scale pandas/NumPy beyond memory, parallel DataFrames/Arrays, multi-file processing, task graphs, for larger-than-RAM datasets …npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill dask |
Skills teach your coding agent how to use Dask well. Official means the pack comes from the same GitHub account as Dask. Read a skill before installing it: it can include scripts. All Agent Skills
Install
| Package | pip install dask |
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| Main stacks | Python (120) |
| Example projects | BlackArbsCEO/Adv_Fin_ML_Exercises, rsanshierli/EasyBert, AgentTorch/AgentTorch, Luffy03/Large-Scale-Medical, fmcarlucci/JigenDG |
Alternatives to Dask
In our scan, none of the most used tools in ML and data science does the same job as Dask: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in ML and data science: NumPy pandas scikit-learn SciPy PyTorch Sentence Transformers Hugging Face Transformers NetworkX