facebook/prophet
Tool for producing high quality forecasts for time series data that has multiple seasonality with linear or non-linear growth. observed · 2026-10-14
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13
- age_days: 3626
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
20437 stars · 4637 forks observed · 2026-10-14
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-19, confidence 0.98
Prophet is an open‑source library for automatic forecasting of time‑series data with multiple seasonalities. It provides a simple API in Python and R and fits an additive model using Stan under the hood.
Use cases
- generate weekly sales forecasts for retail stores
- predict daily website traffic with holiday adjustments
- model monthly demand for inventory planning
- forecast energy consumption with yearly and weekly patterns
- create quick baseline forecasts for financial time series
When to choose
- you need fast, reasonably accurate forecasts without extensive model tuning
- your data exhibits strong seasonal patterns and you have several seasons of history
- you prefer a high‑level API in Python or R and want automatic handling of missing data and outliers
When to avoid
- you require custom deep‑learning models or advanced probabilistic forecasting beyond additive components
- real‑time low‑latency predictions are needed, as Prophet is designed for batch forecasting
- you need extensive support for multivariate time series or complex exogenous regressors not covered by Prophet
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
machine-learning artificial-intelligence machine-learning data-science python time-series additive-model seasonality holiday-effects robust-to-outliers forecasting r
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/facebook/prophet · fetched 2026-10-14 · a762f68a69dd
- homepage: https://facebook.github.io/prophet · fetched 2026-10-05 · 2028ac22b1a5
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/prophet/json · fetched 2026-10-05 · 119d2f08d6ca
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| facebook/prophet | main | 99 |
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