XGBoost
Gradient boosting library for fast, accurate machine learning on structured data.
ML and data science PyPI
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in ml and data science
#17 of 28
by use in those projects
Downloads
7.1M
PyPI, last 7 days, xgboost
GitHub stars
28.8K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How XGBoost is used
XGBoost is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #17 of 28 in ml and data science. The most used alternative there is NumPy. Projects that use it most often also use pandas (90.0%), scikit-learn (90.0%), NumPy (86.7%).
Often used with XGBoost
| pandas | 90.0% of XGBoost projects · 29.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| scikit-learn | 90.0% of XGBoost projects · 71.4× more than average |
| NumPy | 86.7% of XGBoost projects · 22.6× more than average |
| Pydantic | 60.0% of XGBoost projects · 11.7× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 56.7% of XGBoost projects · 13.2× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 56.7% of XGBoost projects · 8.7× more than average |
| FastAPI | 53.3% of XGBoost projects · 12.6× more than average |
| pytest | 53.3% of XGBoost projects · 20.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list XGBoost as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install xgboost |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (29), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | Llaminar/llaminar, eduardocornelsen/full-funnel-ai-analytics, Chasen-Liao/FinTrack |
Alternatives to XGBoost
| 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 | — |