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Panel

Data exploration and web app framework for Python that works with many plotting libraries.

Website GitHubPyPI
GitHub stars
5.8K
PyPI downloads / week
279.2K
Commits, last 12 months
392
Contributors
225
Last commit
Latest release
v1.9.4Aug 17, 2026

Overview

Panel is an open-source Python visualization library released under the BSD-3-Clause license. Its GitHub repository has 5,782 stars, 635 forks, and 225 contributors. It is actively developed with 392 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v1.9.4, was published on Aug 17, 2026. On PyPI it is downloaded about 279.2K times per week.

Its GitHub description: Panel: The powerful data exploration & web app framework for Python

GitHub topics: holovizpaneldashboardscontrol-panelsguidataappdatavizbokehdatascienceholoviewshvplotjupyter

Install

PyPI
pip install panel
v1.9.4

Development activity

Commits per month to the default branch over the last 12 complete months.

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392 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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Popularity among Python data visualization libraries

Streamlit 45.9K Dash 24.4K Matplotlib 23.3K Bokeh 20.5K Taipy 19.4K Plotly (Python) 18.8K Panel 5.8K
Streamlit 45.9K Dash 24.4K Matplotlib 23.3K Bokeh 20.5K Taipy 19.4K Plotly (Python) 18.8K Panel 5.8K
GitHub stars for Panel and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
Streamlit45,895
Dash24,441
Matplotlib23,323
Bokeh20,455
Taipy19,443
Plotly (Python)18,822
Panel5,782

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  • Dash

    Framework for building data apps and dashboards in Python, built on Plotly.js and React.

    24.4K starsPythonMIT

  • Matplotlib

    2D plotting library.

    23.3K starsPythonPSF-2.0

  • Bokeh

    Interactive Web Plotting for Python.

    20.5K starsTypeScriptBSD-3-Clause

  • Taipy

    Python framework for building data and AI web applications with interactive charts and dashboards.

    19.4K starsPythonApache-2.0

  • Plotly (Python)

    Interactive web based visualization built on top of plotly.js

    18.8K starsPythonMIT

More comparisons: Panel vs Streamlit

Panel FAQ

Is Panel open source?

Yes. Panel is released under the BSD-3-Clause license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is Panel still maintained?

Yes. Panel is actively developed, with 392 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit yesterday.

How do I install Panel?

From PyPI: pip install panel.

What are the best alternatives to Panel?

The most popular alternatives listed in Python data visualization libraries are Streamlit, Dash, and Matplotlib. See the full ranking.

What language is Panel written in?

Panel is primarily written in Python, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API, PyPI. Updated Oct 4, 2026.