AwesomeDataviz

Seaborn

A library for making attractive and informative statistical graphics.

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GitHub stars
14.1K#44 in the directory
PyPI downloads / week
6.7M
Commits, last 12 months
18
Contributors
190
Last commit
Latest release
v0.13.2Jan 25, 2024

Overview

Seaborn is an open-source Python visualization library released under the BSD-3-Clause license. Its GitHub repository has 14,056 stars, 2,142 forks, and 190 contributors. It is maintained with 18 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Jul 6, 2026. The latest release, v0.13.2, was published on Jan 25, 2024. On PyPI it is downloaded about 6.7M times per week.

Its GitHub description: Statistical data visualization in Python

GitHub topics: pythondata-visualizationdata-sciencematplotlibpandas

Install

PyPI
pip install seaborn
v0.13.2

Development activity

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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 Seaborn 14.1K
Streamlit 45.9K Dash 24.4K Matplotlib 23.3K Bokeh 20.5K Taipy 19.4K Plotly (Python) 18.8K Seaborn 14.1K
GitHub stars for Seaborn and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
Streamlit45,895
Dash24,441
Matplotlib23,323
Bokeh20,455
Taipy19,443
Plotly (Python)18,822
Seaborn14,056

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    24.4K starsPythonMIT

  • Matplotlib

    2D plotting library.

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  • Bokeh

    Interactive Web Plotting for Python.

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  • 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

Seaborn FAQ

Is Seaborn open source?

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

Is Seaborn still maintained?

Mostly. Seaborn had 18 commits in the last 12 months; the latest was on Jul 6, 2026.

How do I install Seaborn?

From PyPI: pip install seaborn.

What are the best alternatives to Seaborn?

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

What language is Seaborn written in?

Seaborn is primarily written in Python, according to GitHub.

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