pyogrio
Fast vectorized spatial data I/O using GDAL/OGR for GIS applications.
ML and data science PyPI MIT
How pyogrio is used
pyogrio joined the catalog on its public numbers (3,563,195 downloads a week on PyPI and 341 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 9 public GitHub projects of our scan, 2 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use GeoPandas (88.9%), joblib (77.8%), Matplotlib (77.8%).
pyogrio popularity over time
Gid Score 39: downloads 76, use in agent projects 16, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 56 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with pyogrio
| GeoPandas | 88.9% of pyogrio projects · 788.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| joblib | 77.8% of pyogrio projects · 109.7× more than average |
| Matplotlib | 77.8% of pyogrio projects · 28.9× more than average |
| NumPy | 77.8% of pyogrio projects · 13.3× more than average |
| pandas | 77.8% of pyogrio projects · 18.1× more than average |
| scikit-learn | 77.8% of pyogrio projects · 36.3× more than average |
| Shapely | 77.8% of pyogrio projects · 438.9× more than average |
| IPykernel | 66.7% of pyogrio projects · 92.0× more than average |
How pyogrio is funded
Open Collective: GeoPandas
| Received, last 12 months | $850 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
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| Estimated annual budget | $850 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $1,526 |
| Raised since the start | $9,651 · $8,125 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $50 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +31% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 2 |
Top company backers all time
| NumFOCUS | $9,451 since Jun 2023 |
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Jun 2023Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Jun 2023. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 3 more tools in our catalog: GeoPandas, xyzservices, Contextily.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host NumFOCUS. Source
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 pyogrio
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective Own page
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install pyogrio |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (9) |
| Example projects | opengeos/geospatial, YvanYin/GoalFlow, GeoSense-Freiburg/cit-sci-traits |
Alternatives to pyogrio
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