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id: datasets
version: "5.0.1"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# datasets — HuggingFace community-driven open-source library of datasets

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install datasets
uv add datasets
poetry add datasets

## Description

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## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Datasets provides one-line loading and efficient preprocessing of thousands of public datasets from the Hugging Face Hub, with native support for multiple formats (CSV, JSON, Parquet, Arrow, etc.) and multi-modal data (text, audio, image, video, PDF, medical imaging).

Verdict: Production-stable, actively maintained library with zero known vulnerabilities and permissive Apache 2.0 licensing. Low install friction and broad format/modality support make it the standard choice for dataset loading in ML workflows. Active development and recent releases confirm ongoing support.

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