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py-pde

Python package for solving partial differential equations using finite differences.
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Downloads
Day
2.3K
Week
3.8K
Month
15.7K
Stars
456
Forks
62
Issues
7
Version
0.55.0

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
90
Popularity
55
Adoption
61
Community
30
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
8 days ago
Monthly downloads
15,659
• 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
15,659
Stars
456
Stars per 1k downloads
29.12
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
538
Month daily avg
522
Momentum
+3.0%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
<3.15,>=3.10
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
1 days ago
Total releases
129
Releases/year
20.8
• 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
14
Monthly downloads
15,659
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
54
 
Issue Burden
15.4
per 1k stars
Discussions
291.7
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
22.6%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

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

Downloads by OS

Linux 27
Windows 6

Python Versions

3.11
66.7% 22
3.12
12.1% 4
3.14
12.1% 4
3.13
6.1% 2
3.10
3.0% 1

Top Countries

1. US US
38
2. IN IN
2
3. SG SG
2
4. TH TH
2
5. ZA ZA
2
6. CA CA
1
7. CN CN
1

Dependencies

7
8 optional dependencies

Used By

3

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
February 21, 2020
Last Release
Yesterday
Last Commit
1 week ago
Latest Version
0.55.0
Total Releases
129
Contributors
14
Open PRs
0
Archived
No
Python Versions
3 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
py3
Keywords
pdes partial-differential-equations dynamical-systems
Topics
python partial-differential-equations dynamical-systems pdes scientific-computing finite-difference-method
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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