joblib
Lightweight pipelining and parallel computing for Python functions with caching support.
ML and data science PyPI
Used in agent projects
65
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in ml and data science
#9 of 28
by use in those projects
Downloads
38.7M
PyPI, last 7 days, joblib
GitHub stars
4,403
last push Oct 5, 2026
How joblib is used
joblib is a dependency in 65 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #9 of 28 in ml and data science. The most used alternative there is NumPy. Projects that use it most often also use NumPy (92.3%), scikit-learn (83.1%), pandas (81.5%).
Often used with joblib
| NumPy | 92.3% of joblib projects · 24.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| scikit-learn | 83.1% of joblib projects · 65.9× more than average |
| pandas | 81.5% of joblib projects · 27.0× more than average |
| SciPy | 63.1% of joblib projects · 56.8× more than average |
| Requests | 61.5% of joblib projects · 11.6× more than average |
| Pydantic | 61.5% of joblib projects · 12.0× more than average |
| websockets | 52.3% of joblib projects · 23.2× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 50.8% of joblib projects · 7.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list joblib as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install joblib |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (61), Next.js (4) |
| Example projects | mikegianfelice/Hunter, mne-tools/mne-denoise, gopaljilab/Clinical-Insight-Engine, gowthamsp0606/VOLTX, nihilistau/CosySim |
Alternatives to joblib
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| NumPy pypi Fundamental Python library for numerical computing with arrays and matrices. |
487 (3.8%) | 21M | 33K | — |
| pandas pypi Data manipulation and analysis library with DataFrames for structured data. |
383 (3.0%) | 143M | 50K | — |
| scikit-learn pypi Python machine learning library with classification, regression and clustering algorithms. |
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| SciPy pypi Fundamental algorithms for scientific computing with optimized numerical routines. |
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| NetworkX pypi Python package for creating, analyzing and manipulating complex networks and graphs. |
73 (0.6%) | 50.2M | 17.3K | — |