## What is PyCaret?
PyCaret is an open source low code machine learning library in Python that aims to reduce the cycle time from hypothesis to insights. It enables data scientists and analysts to perform iterative end-to-end data science experiments efficiently and allows them to reach conclusions faster due to far less time spent in coding. PyCaret is essentially a Python wrapper around several machine learning libraries and frameworks such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, Microsoft LightGBM, spaCy and many more.
In comparison with the other open source machine learning libraries, PyCaret is an alternate low-code machine learning solution that allows data scientists to perform end-to-end iterative experiments and enhances their ability to perform simple to complex operations without the need to write and maintain extra lines of code.
PyCaret is simple, easy to use and deployment ready. All of the operations performed in a typical experiment are executed and automatically stored in a custom pipeline which is completely orchestrated to manage dependencies. The Pipeline can be saved in a binary format that can be transferred into a different environment to perform experiments at scale.
The design and simplicity of PyCaret is inspired by the emerging role of citizen data scientists, a term first used by Gartner. Citizen Data Scientists are ‘power users’ who can perform both simple and moderately sophisticated analytical tasks that would previously have required more expertise. The skills of a seasoned data scientists are often expensive and difficult to come by but citizen data scientists can be an effective way to mitigate this current skills gap and address data related challenges.
PyCaret is a deployment ready library in Python which means all of the steps performed in a ML experiment can be reproduced using a pipeline that is automatically developed and orchestrated in PyCaret as you progress through the experiment. A pipeline can be saved in a binary file format that is transferable across environments.
## Current Release
The first stable release pycaret version 1.0.0 is now publicly available. The easiest way to install pycaret is using pip.
```python
pip install pycaret
```
## Who should use PyCaret?
PyCaret is an open source library that anybody can use. In our view the ideal target audience of PyCaret is:
- Citizen data scientists who wants to easily implement data science projects in a low-code environment.
- Data scientists who want to increase their productivity.
- Consultants / Data Science teams who wants to deliver Proof of Concept (POC) quickly and efficiently.
- Students learning or planning to learn data science skills with no prior background in computer science.
- Data Science Professionals and members of academic community who are involved in teaching machine learning.
- Data Scientists and members of data science community who compete on platforms like Kaggle.
- Small to mid-size companies looking to implement data science projects without committing significant resources.
- Students, academicians, researchers and data science professionals seeking to combine simplicity of R language with power of Python.
## Dependencies
Please read requirements.txt for list of requirements. They are automatically installed when pycaret is installed using pip.
## Contributors
- pycaret.anomaly, Moez Ali
- pycaret.classification, Moez Ali
- pycaret.clustering, Moez Ali
- pycaret.datasets, Moez Ali
- pycaret.nlp, Moez Ali
- pycaret.preprocess, Fahad Akbar
- pycaret.regression, Moez Ali
https://www.pycaret.org
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