python-igraph
Fast graph data structures and network analysis.
ML and data science PyPI GNU General Public License (GPL)
How python-igraph is used
python-igraph joined the catalog on its public numbers (881,118 downloads a week on PyPI and 1,464 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 17 public GitHub projects of our scan, 1 of them set up for AI coding agents. The most used alternative in our scan is NetworkX (62 projects). Projects that use it most often also use NumPy (88.2%), OpenAI Python Library (82.4%), pandas (82.4%).
python-igraph popularity over time
Gid Score 43: downloads 63, use in agent projects 25, GitHub stars 18, downloads trend 68 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with python-igraph
| NumPy | 88.2% of python-igraph projects · 15.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| OpenAI Python Library | 82.4% of python-igraph projects · 20.9× more than average |
| pandas | 82.4% of python-igraph projects · 19.1× more than average |
| Matplotlib | 70.6% of python-igraph projects · 26.2× more than average |
| Hugging Face Datasets | 64.7% of python-igraph projects · 160.7× more than average |
| Pillow | 64.7% of python-igraph projects · 16.9× more than average |
| Hugging Face Transformers | 64.7% of python-igraph projects · 52.2× more than average |
| Hugging Face Hub | 58.8% of python-igraph projects · 64.1× more than average |
How python-igraph is funded
Open Collective: igraph
| Received, last 12 months | $69 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
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| Estimated annual budget | €70 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $69 |
| Raised since the start | $69 |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 2 |
Oct 2025Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Dec 2025. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Europe. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @igraph | 0 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund python-igraph
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install igraph |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (17) |
| Example projects | HUST-AI-HYZ/MemoryAgentBench, facebookresearch/aira-dojo, OpenDataBox/MemoryData, lamm-mit/HyperGraphReasoning, ReLink-Inc/PropRAG |
Alternatives to python-igraph
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside python-igraph are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetworkX pypi Python package for creating, analyzing and manipulating complex networks and graphs. |
79 | 62 (3.8%) | 54.5M | 17.3K | BSD-3-Clause |
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