yglukhov/nimpy

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

nimpy is a Nim library that provides seamless bidirectional integration between Nim and Python. It lets you implement Python extension modules in Nim and call Python code from Nim with automatic type conversion.

Use cases

• write a Python module in Nim for performance-critical functions
• call Python libraries like os or numpy from Nim code
• compile Nim code into a .so or .pyd importable from Python
• speed up slow Python hot paths with compiled Nim extensions
• integrate existing Python packages into a Nim application
• build ABI-stable Python extensions that work across Python versions

When to choose

• you need native-speed code callable from Python without writing C
• you want to use Python's ecosystem from a Nim project
• you need extensions that are ABI-compatible across Python versions
• you prefer Nim's syntax and type system over C for Python extensions

When to avoid

• you need deep numpy integration with zero-copy performance (consider scinim)
• your project is pure Python with no need for native code
• you need bindings for a language other than Python or Nim

Facets

library · maturity stable

sdk parser developer-tools programming-languages developer-tools cross-platform python cross-platform nim-python-bridge foreign-function-interface python-c-api extension-modules interop nim

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