Geopandas by geopandas
Python tools for geographic data
About Geopandas
From the project's README at github.com/geopandas/geopandas. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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GeoPandas is a project to add support for geographic data to pandas objects. It currently implements and types which are subclasses of and respectively. GeoPandas objects can act on shapely geometry objects and perform geometric operations.
GeoPandas geometry operations are cartesian. The coordinate reference system (crs) can be stored
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 | 5.1k | github.com/geopandas/geopandas |
| GitHub forks | 1.0k | github.com/geopandas/geopandas |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.9 years | since Jun 2013 |
| Last commit | 4 days ago | May 3, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 40 | last: 2 months ago |
| Funding links | 3 | 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 → |
Security advisories
GHSA-6497-prx7-gpmq. What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Geopandas?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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