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DEAP/deap

Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/DEAP/deap · homepage · Python · LGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 77
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4487
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 138
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6436 stars · 1164 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

DEAP is a Python framework for evolutionary computation that supports genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, and multi-objective optimization. It emphasizes explicit algorithms and transparent data structures, and integrates with parallelization tools like multiprocessing and SCOOP.

Use cases

  • run a genetic algorithm to optimize parameters
  • perform multi-objective optimization with NSGA-II
  • do genetic programming with prefix trees
  • implement CMA-ES evolution strategies
  • parallelize fitness evaluations across processes
  • evolve multiple cooperating or competing populations
  • benchmark optimization test functions

When to choose

  • you need flexible evolutionary algorithms with custom representations in Python
  • you want multi-objective optimizers like NSGA-II/III or SPEA2 out of the box
  • you need to parallelize fitness evaluation easily
  • you want rapid prototyping of novel evolutionary methods

When to avoid

  • you need gradient-based deep learning training
  • you want a turnkey hyperparameter tuning tool with a high-level API
  • your project requires a non-Python environment

Facets

library · maturity stable

machine-learning simulation benchmarking concurrency artificial-intelligence machine-learning performance python cross-platform evolutionary-computation genetic-algorithm genetic-programming multi-objective-optimization cma-es nsga-ii particle-swarm-optimization parallelization algorithms

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