Catboost by catboost
A fast, scalable, high performance Gradient Boosting on Decision Trees library, used for ranking, classification, regression and other machine learning tasks for Python, R, Java, C++. Supports computation on CPU and GPU.
About Catboost
From the project's README at github.com/catboost/catboost. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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CatBoost is a machine learning method based on gradient boosting over decision trees.
Main advantages of CatBoost: Superior quality compared with other GBDT libraries on many datasets. Best-in-class prediction speed. Support f
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 8.9k | github.com/catboost/catboost |
| GitHub forks | 1.3k | github.com/catboost/catboost |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 8.8 years | since Jul 2017 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 93 | last: 2 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
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