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## Python library for Apache Arrow

[![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pyarrow.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pyarrow/) [![conda-forge](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/pyarrow.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pyarrow)

This library provides a Python API for functionality provided by the Arrow C++
libraries, along with tools for Arrow integration and interoperability with
pandas, NumPy, and other software in the Python ecosystem.

## Installing

Across platforms, you can install a recent version of pyarrow with the conda
package manager:

```shell
conda install pyarrow -c conda-forge
```

On Linux, macOS, and Windows, you can also install binary wheels from PyPI with
pip:

```shell
pip install pyarrow
```

If you encounter any issues importing the pip wheels on Windows, you may need
to install the latest [Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio][6].

## Development

See [Python Development][2] in the documentation subproject.

### Building the documentation

See [documentation build instructions][1] in the documentation subproject.

[1]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/docs/source/developers/documentation.rst
[2]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/docs/source/developers/python.rst
[3]: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas
[5]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/latest/python/benchmarks.html
[6]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-microsoft-visual-c-redistributable-version