dgilland/pydash

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

pydash is a Python utility library providing a large set of functional programming helpers, modeled on the Lo-Dash JavaScript library. It offers functions for manipulating lists, dictionaries, strings, and objects, with support for chaining.

Use cases

• manipulate lists and dicts with functional helpers in Python
• use lodash-style utilities like chunk, flatten, and pluck in Python
• chain collection transformations in a functional style
• clean and transform nested dictionaries
• replace hand-rolled utility functions with a standard toolkit

When to choose

• you want a lodash/underscore-like utility belt in Python
• you frequently transform lists, dicts, and strings functionally
• you prefer a batteries-included utility library over writing helpers yourself

When to avoid

• you need memory-efficient processing of large datasets (the author recommends fnc instead)
• you prefer native Python idioms like comprehensions and itertools
• you need a minimal dependency footprint

Facets

library · maturity stable

developer-tools developer-tools python cross-platform lodash functional-programming utility-library collections chaining algorithms

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