Extremely fast Query Engine for DataFrames, written in Rust
Blazing-fast dataframe library written in Rust with bindings for Python, Node.js, and R. The fastest-growing Rust data library. Polars Inc. was founded in 2023 to provide commercial support.
Last reviewed Jun 2026
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Extremely fast Query Engine for DataFrames, written in Rust
JS bindings to polars
Python client for Polars Cloud
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