How sktime is used
sktime joined the catalog on its public numbers (160,479 downloads a week on PyPI and 10,070 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 Matplotlib (100.0%), NumPy (100.0%), pandas (100.0%).
sktime popularity over time
Gid Score 37: downloads 47, use in agent projects 16, GitHub stars 50, downloads trend 29 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with sktime
| Matplotlib | 100.0% of sktime projects · 37.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| NumPy | 100.0% of sktime projects · 17.1× more than average |
| pandas | 100.0% of sktime projects · 23.3× more than average |
| scikit-learn | 100.0% of sktime projects · 46.7× more than average |
| Category Encoders | 88.9% of sktime projects · 5518.2× more than average |
| ipywidgets | 88.9% of sktime projects · 262.8× more than average |
| tqdm | 88.9% of sktime projects · 50.6× more than average |
| joblib | 88.9% of sktime projects · 125.4× more than average |
How sktime is funded
Open Collective: sktime
| Received, last 12 months | $174 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | €172 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $318 |
| Raised since the start | $11,638 · $11,320 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $0 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -83% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 1 |
Top company backers all time
| Python Software Foundation | €4,485 since Aug 2024 |
|---|---|
| Open Source Europe | €1,408 since Dec 2022 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Sep 2021. 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
| @sktime | 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 sktime
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective Own page
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install sktime |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (9) |
Alternatives to sktime
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