---
id: tdqm
version: "0.0.1"
license: MPLv2.0
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: active
---

# tdqm — Alias for typos of tqdm

License: copyleft · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 124.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

tdqm is a redirect alias for the tqdm progress bar library. When installed, it provides access to tqdm's progress-meter functionality, which wraps iterables to display real-time progress bars in terminals and notebooks. The package itself does not add new features; it exists to catch common typos of the tqdm package name and direct users to the correct library.

The underlying tqdm library is designed for minimal overhead (approximately 60ns per iteration) and works across platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris/SunOS) without requiring external dependencies beyond Python. It supports multiple usage patterns: wrapping iterables directly, manual control via context managers, and command-line piping for monitoring long-running processes.

Use it for:

- Display progress during long-running loops in data processing or batch jobs
- Monitor file I/O operations like backups or data transfers with real-time speed and ETA
- Pipe command-line tools through tqdm to visualize throughput of Unix pipelines
- Track iteration progress in machine learning training loops or batch processing
- Provide user feedback in CLI applications without adding significant computational overhead

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

tdqm is an alias package that redirects to tqdm, providing progress bars and meters for loops and iterables with minimal overhead.

Yes, if you intend to use tqdm and typed 'tdqm' by mistake—the alias will redirect you correctly. Otherwise, install tqdm directly instead. The alias package itself adds no value beyond typo correction and has not been updated since its initial release in 2020. The underlying tqdm library is production-stable and widely used, but this wrapper package offers no independent maintenance or enhancement.

## Install

pip install tdqm
uv add tdqm
poetry add tdqm

## Installing tdqm

Before you install: Low install friction with a single lightweight runtime dependency (tqdm). The underlying tqdm package is actively maintained with recent commits and substantial community adoption (31281 stars), suggesting stable long-term support.

License in practice: Licensed under MPL 2.0 (copyleft), which requires derivative works to disclose source code modifications under the same license. Acceptable for most open-source projects but may conflict with proprietary software licensing strategies.

Quickstart:

pip install tdqm
from tqdm import tqdm
for i in tqdm(range(10000)):
    pass

Verify before relying:

- Whether tdqm adds any functionality beyond aliasing tqdm or if it is purely a typo-correction redirect
- Current maintenance status of tdqm itself (last release was 2020-08-19, same as first release)
- Whether the package is actively maintained or if it serves only as a historical alias

## Package facts

- License: MPLv2.0 (copyleft)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 124.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

progress bar for loops, tqdm alias package, terminal progress meter, iteration progress display, command-line progress tracking, loop progress visualization, ETA and rate estimation, progress-tracking, cli-tools, typo-alias

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