tabulate

Pretty-print tabular data

tabulate Permissive license MIT Active ★ 2,580 v0.10.0 released 2026-03-04

Install

tabulate on PyPI

pip

pip install tabulate

uv

uv add tabulate

poetry

poetry add tabulate

Package facts

License	MIT (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.10)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	none
Maintenance	actively maintained — 162 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-03-11
First released	2013-03-08
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: tabulate-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl

Development Status :: 4 - BetaOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries

About tabulate

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

python-tabulate

Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line utility.

The main use cases of the library are:

printing small tables without hassle: just one function call, formatting is guided by the data itself
authoring tabular data for lightweight plain-text markup: multiple output formats suitable for further editing or transformation
readable presentation of mixed textual and numeric data: smart column alignment, configurable number formatting, alignment by a decimal point

Installation

To install the Python library and the command line utility, run:

pip install tabulate

The command line utility will be installed as tabulate to bin on Linux (e.g. /usr/bin); or as tabulate.exe to Scripts in your Python installation on Windows (e.g. C:\Python39\Scripts\tabulate.exe).

You may consider installing the library only for the current user:

pip install tabulate --user

In this case the command line utility will be installed to ~/.local/bin/tabulate on Linux and to %APPDATA%\Python\Scripts\tabulate.exe on Windows.

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Formats tabular data (lists, dicts, dataframes, NumPy arrays) into nicely aligned plain-text tables with support for multiple output formats suitable for markdown, HTML, LaTeX, and other markup languages.

Installs cleanly with no runtime dependencies and a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a recent release (162 days ago) and strong community engagement (2580 GitHub stars).

MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and commercial projects, with only attribution required.

Usage

pip install tabulate
from tabulate import tabulate
table = [["Alice", 24], ["Bob", 19]]
print(tabulate(table, headers=["Name", "Age"]))

Requires Python 3.10 or later.

Verdict: A lightweight, well-maintained library with zero vulnerabilities and permissive licensing. No install friction and broad format support make it a low-risk choice for any project needing readable table output. Active development and top-1000 PyPI popularity indicate solid community trust.

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