PyPI Stats
thieu1995

mealpy

A Collection Of The State-of-the-art Metaheuristic Algorithms In Python (Metaheuristic/Optimizer/Nature-inspired/Biology)
PyPI GitHub
Downloads
Day
504
Week
3.6K
Month
18.7K
Stars
1.2K
Forks
255
Issues
38
Version
3.0.3

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
80
Popularity
67
Adoption
42
Community
70
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
67 days ago
Monthly downloads
18,680
Active
Activity within 30 days
• Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
18,680
Stars
1,189
Stars per 1k downloads
63.65
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
513
Month daily avg
623
Momentum
-17.7%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.8
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
• Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
MIT
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
262 days ago
Total releases
61
Releases/year
9.9
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
21
Monthly downloads
18,680
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
64
 
Issue Burden
32.0
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
8.2%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
195d
 
PR Velocity
Active
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 664
Windows 38
macOS 1

Python Versions

3.11
64.2% 449
3.12
26.5% 185
3.10
6.3% 44
3.13
2.3% 16
3.9
0.7% 5

Top Countries

1. US US
605
2. AU AU
25
3. TW TW
13
4. IN IN
10
5. SG SG
9
6. NL NL
8
7. TR TR
8
8. VN VN
6
9. CN CN
3
10. ID ID
3

Dependencies

5
4 optional dependencies

Used By

20
View all 20 dependents

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
March 16, 2020
Last Release
8 months ago
Last Commit
2 months ago
Latest Version
3.0.3
Total Releases
61
Contributors
21
Open PRs
31
Archived
No
Author
Thieu
Python Versions
3 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
Wheels
py3
Keywords
optimization metaheuristics MHA mathematical optimization nature-inspired algorithms evolutionary computation soft computing population-based algorithms Stochastic optimization Global optimization Convergence analysis Search space exploration Local search Computational intelligence Black-box optimization Robust optimization Hybrid algorithms Benchmark functions Metaheuristic design Performance analysis Exploration versus exploitation Self-adaptation Constrained optimization Intelligent optimization Adaptive search Simulations Algorithm selection
Topics
genetic-algorithm particle-swarm-optimization whale-optimization grey-wolf-optimizer harris-hawks-optimization differential-evolution harris-hawks-optimizationg henry-gas-solubility-optimization arithmetic-optimization-algorithm equilibrium-optimizer slime-mould-algorithm hunger-games-search bio-inspired-optimization nature-inspired-algorithms swarm-intelligence location-optimization production-planning schedule-optimization supply-chain-optimization metaheuristics
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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