A curated list of Polars talks, tools, examples & articles. Contributions welcome !

A curated list of Polars docs, talks, tools, examples & articles the internet has to offer.

Polars is a lightning-fast DataFrame library for Rust, Python, Node.js and R.
Implemented in Rust, Polars uses Apache Arrow Columnar Format as the memory model.

Awesome Polars

• Awesome Polars
  • Resources
    • Official documentation
    • Cheat Sheets
    • Tutorials & workshops
    • Blog posts
    • Talks and videos
  • Libraries/Packages/Scripts
    • Python
    • Rust
    • R
    • Node.js
  • Follow : Official
  • Contributing

Resources

Official documentation

• Documentation - Official user guide for Python, Rust and R.
• Documentation for Python API - Official API Reference for Python.
• Documentation for Rust API - Official API Reference for Rust.
• Documentation for Node.js API - Official API Reference for Node.js.
• Documentation for R API - Official API Reference for R (WIP).
• Github: Polars Github Organization - Official Polars Github repository.
• Blog posts from Polars - Official blogs posts from Polars.

Cheat Sheets

• Polars Cheat Sheet - A Polars Cheat Sheet by @FranzDiebold.

Tutorials & workshops

• Modern Polars - A side by side comparison between Polars and Pandas containing code in both frameworks by @kevinheavey.

Blog posts

• Using the Polars DataFrame Library - A blog post by Wei-Meng Lee to discover the basics of Polars and how it can be used in place of Pandas.
• Why Polars uses less memory than Pandas - A blog post by Itamar Turner-Trauring detailing some techniques to opptimize Pandas memory usage and see how Polars can provide an answer in some cases.
• Plodding with Polars in Python - A blog post by @amitrathore that introduces some basic features of Polars.
• Polars-lazy - A blog post by @ritchie46 and @jorgecarleitao that introduces Polars' lazy API in Rust.
• Series of posts on Polars - A series of blogpost on Polars usage with a lot of useful tricks and information by @braaannigan. Moreover, Liam also has a Data Analysis with Polars course on Udemy.
• Youtube videos about Polars - A series of short youtube videos about Polars by @braaannigan
• Alternatives to Pandas: Python Polars - An article that explores the Python Polars module as an alternative to Pandas, comparing their similarities and differences and providing some examples by @JohnLockwood
• Pandas vs Polars - A comparison on File I/O - A blog post that evaluates Polars and Pandas in terms of I/O performance and speed when handling large datasets by Wes Poulsen.

Talks and videos

• Polars: Blazingly Fast DataFrames in Rust and Python - Introduction to Polars by databricks.
• Polars: The Next Big Python Data Science Library... written in Rust? - A short video tutorial to get started coding with Polars by @RobMulla.
• The Last Polars Dataframe vs. Pandas Dataframe Video You Should Ever See - A video that compares Polars and Pandas data frames.
• The Best library for building Data Pipelines... - A video that compares Pandas, Spark and Polars for working with data in Python by @RobMulla.
• Expressive & fast dataframes in Python with polars - A video that reviews some alternatives to Pandas for Python and then demonstrates some Polars features by Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez.
• Polars Introduction for Python with a 128GB Ryzen 24-core Benchmark vs Pandas - A video that provides an introduction to Polars for Python by @jeffheaton. Notebook used for the video in this github repo.
• Polars: The main alternative to pandas in Python!? - A Polars tutorial series on Youtube by @martinbel. Notebooks and datasets used for the videos available in this github repo.
• Polars vs Pandas - A detailed video on Youtube that compares Polars and Pandas by @hu-po.

Libraries/Packages/Scripts

Python

• polars for Python - Python polars package to use polars DataFrame from Python.
• tidypolars tidypolars python library built on top of polars library that gives access to methods and functions familiar to R tidyverse users.

Rust

• polars for Rust - Rust polars crate to use polars DataFrame with Rust.
• GeoPolars Geopolars Rust crate that extends the Polars DataFrame library for use with geospatial data.

R

• rpolars for R - R rpolars package to use polars DataFrame from R.

Node.js

• nodejs-polars for Node.js - Node.js rpolars package to use polars DataFrame from Node.js.

Follow : Official

• pola-rs (@pola-rs) - Github organisation for Polars (Twitter: @DataPolars).
• Ritchie Vink (@ritchie46) - Author of Polars
• Stijn de Gooijer (@stinodego) - Member of Polars organisation
• Danny van Kooten (@dannyvankooten) - Member of Polars organisation
• Søren Havelund Welling (@sorhawell) - Member of Polars organisation
• Alexander Beedie (@alexander-beedie) - Contributor to Polars projects
• Marco Edward Gorelli (@MarcoGorelli ) - Contributor to Polars projects

Contributing

• Damien Dotta (@ddotta) - Maintainer of Awesome Polars list

Thanks goes to these contributors!