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Pandas
Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more
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Nim
Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).
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MicroPython
MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems
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Nuitka
Nuitka is a Python compiler written in Python. It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4-3.13. You feed it your Python app, it does a lot of clever things, and spits out an executable or extension module.
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jax
Composable transformations of Python+NumPy programs: differentiate, vectorize, JIT to GPU/TPU, and more
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cinder
This is Meta's fork of the CPython runtime. The name "cinder" here is historical, see https://github.com/facebookincubator/cinderx for the Python extension / JIT compiler. (by facebookincubator)
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pyarmor
A tool used to obfuscate python scripts, bind obfuscated scripts to fixed machine or expire obfuscated scripts.
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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better Cython alternative or higher similarity.
Cython discussion
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-04-05.
- Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go
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How to Get Started with Scikit-Learn: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Machine Learning in Python
As is the case with most Python libraries, it is open-source and free-to-use, making it easily accessible by anyone willing to learn machine learning, and it is built upon other open-source libraries within Python, like SciPy for advanced scientific operations, NumPy for efficient numerical computations, Matplotlib for data visualization, and Cython for increased efficiency and speed, similar to that of C/C++.
- I Use Nim Instead of Python for Data Processing
- Ask HN: C/C++ developer wanting to learn efficient Python
- Ask HN: Is there a way to use Python statically typed or with any type-checking?
- Cython 3.0
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How to make a c++ python extension?
The approach that I favour is to use Cython. The nice thing with this approach is that your code is still written as (almost) Python, but so long as you define all required types correctly it will automatically create the C extension for you. Early versions of Cython required using Cython specific typing (Python didn't have type hints when Cython was created), but it can now use Python's type hints.
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Never again
and again, everything that was released after using an older version of cython.
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Codon: Python Compiler
Just for reference,
* Nuitka[0] "is a Python compiler written in Python. It's fully compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11."
* Pypy[1] "is a replacement for CPython" with builtin optimizations such as on the fly JIT compiles.
* Cython[2] "is an optimising static compiler for both the Python programming language and the extended Cython programming language... makes writing C extensions for Python as easy as Python itself."
* Numba[3] "is an open source JIT compiler that translates a subset of Python and NumPy code into fast machine code."
* Pyston[4] "is a performance-optimizing JIT for Python, and is drop-in compatible with ... CPython 3.8.12"
[0] https://github.com/Nuitka/Nuitka
[1] https://www.pypy.org/
[2] https://cython.org/
[3] https://numba.pydata.org/
[4] https://github.com/pyston/pyston
- Slow Rust Compiler is a Feature, not a Bug.
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cython/cython is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of Cython is Cython.
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