OSS2026-09-04 · source-backed

Polars 2.0.0-rc.1 for Python is the first major bump since the 1.x line began.

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2026-09-04

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Published September 2, one week after py-1.44.1, and the announcement reached 394 points on HN. The repo is at 39,644 stars with 2,870 open issues. The Rust crate is still on rs-0.55.2 from August 6, so the Python and Rust version lines are diverging further. Matters if you pin both. GitHub

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Polars 2.0.0-rc.1 for Python is the first major bump since the 1.x line began.

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