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Awesome Scientific Python Awesome

A curated list of awesome scientific Python resources.

Contents

Libraries

Core libraries

IPython/Jupyter

Effective interactive computing, data analysis, and visualization.

  • IPython - Interactive Python computing in the terminal.
  • Jupyter - Open interactive computing in many programming languages.
  • Jupyter Notebook - Web-based environment for interactive computing.
  • JupyterLab - Next-generation web-based interactive programming and computing environment.

NumPy

Multidimensional array computing.

SciPy

Numerical computing library.

pandas

Data analysis library.

scikit-learn

Machine learning library.

matplotlib

Data visualization and graphics library.

SymPy

Symbolic computing library.

Other scientific libraries

Data visualization

  • Bokeh - Interactive visualization for the web.
  • Altair - Declarative visualization in Python.
  • seaborn - Statistical data visualization.
  • bqplot - 2D interactive visualization in Jupyter.
  • ggplot2 - Grammar of Graphics implementation in Python.
  • plotly - Interactive data visualization on the web.
  • HoloViews - Data visualization library.

3D visualization

  • ipyvolume - 3D visualization with Jupyter.
  • VisPy - Interactive GPU-accelerated visualization.
  • Glumpy - Scientific visualization in modern OpenGL.

Image processing

  • scikit-image - Image processing in Python.
  • Pillow - Python Imaging Library (PIL) fork in Python.
  • OpenCV - Computer vision library.

Graphs

  • NetworkX - Graph and network structures and algorithms.
  • Graph-tool - Manipulation and statistical analysis of graphs.

Neural networks

  • PyTorch - Neural networks and deep learning in Python.
  • Keras - Python deep learning library.
  • TensorFlow - Machine learning framework.
  • Caffe - Deep learning framework.

Statistics

  • PyMC3 - Bayesian statistical modeling.
  • statsmodels - Statistical models.
  • emcee - ensemble sampler for markov chain monte carlo.

Compilation

  • Numba - JIT compilation of Python code
  • Cython - Combine C and Python

Parallel computing

  • ipyparallel - Parallel computing with IPython
  • Dask - Parallel computing with task scheduling.

GPU computing

  • CuPy - NumPy-like library with CUDA.
  • PyCUDA - Use CUDA with Python.

Domain-specific libraries

Geospatial data

  • GeoPandas - pandas for geospatial data.
  • Shapely - Manipulation and analysis of geometric objects.
  • Folium - Interactive maps in Python with leaflet.js.

Astrophysics

  • Astropy - Core package for astronomy.
  • AstroML - Machine learning for astronomy

Molecular simulations

Bioinformatics

  • Biopython - Biological computations.
  • PyBioMed - Descriptors of biological molecules.
  • khmer - k-mer counting, filtering, and graph traversal.

Neuroimaging

  • NiBabel - Neuro-imaging file formats.
  • Nilearn - Machine learning for neuro-imaging.
  • NiTime - Time series.
  • MNE - MEG and EEG.
  • DIPY - Diffusion MR imaging.
  • Expyriment - Behavioral and neuroimaging experiments.

Neuroscience

  • Brian2 - Simulations of spiking neural networks.
  • Spyking Circus - Spike sorting on large extracellular recordings.
  • Klusta - Spike detection and clustering-based spike sorting.
  • phy - Manual spike sorting for high-density multielectrode arrays.
  • NeuroTools - Tools for neural simulations.
  • Neo - File formats for neuroscience.
  • PsychoPy - Psychology and neuroscience experiments.
  • Nengo - Simulation of large-scale brain models
  • PyGaze - Eye tracking.

Mathematics

  • Sage - Mathematics software system.
  • mpmath - arithmetic with arbitrary precision.

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