NLTK
Natural language processing toolkit with text analysis and NLP algorithms.
ML and data science PyPI Apache License, Version 2.0
Used in agent projects
25
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in ml and data science
#21 of 28
by use in those projects
Downloads
10.1M
PyPI, last 7 days, nltk
GitHub stars
14.7K
last push Oct 7, 2026
How NLTK is used
NLTK is a dependency in 25 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #21 of 28 in ml and data science. The most used alternative there is NumPy. Projects that use it most often also use pandas (84.0%), python-dotenv (80.0%), NumPy (76.0%).
Often used with NLTK
| pandas | 84.0% of NLTK projects · 27.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| python-dotenv | 80.0% of NLTK projects · 12.3× more than average |
| NumPy | 76.0% of NLTK projects · 19.8× more than average |
| Requests | 72.0% of NLTK projects · 13.5× more than average |
| Beautiful Soup | 68.0% of NLTK projects · 54.0× more than average |
| FastAPI | 68.0% of NLTK projects · 16.1× more than average |
| scikit-learn | 68.0% of NLTK projects · 54.0× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 68.0% of NLTK projects · 15.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list NLTK as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install nltk |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (23), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | oliverguhr/grundlagen-ki, RobynAwesome/Introduction-to-MCP, vibing-ai/verifact, brandoz2255/Harvis |
Alternatives to NLTK
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
160 (1.3%) | 44.3M | 67.5K | — |
| SciPy pypi Fundamental algorithms for scientific computing with optimized numerical routines. |
141 (1.1%) | 72.2M | 15.1K | — |
| PyTorch pypi Deep learning framework with tensors and dynamic neural networks with GPU support. |
109 (0.9%) | 13.2M | 104K | — |
| Sentence Transformers pypi Pre-trained models for semantic embeddings, retrieval and reranking. |
83 (0.7%) | 5.1M | 19.2K | — |
| Hugging Face Transformers pypi State-of-the-art NLP and multimodal models for inference and training. |
80 (0.6%) | 24.8M | 167K | Apache 2.0 License |
| NetworkX pypi Python package for creating, analyzing and manipulating complex networks and graphs. |
73 (0.6%) | 50.2M | 17.3K | — |