What is XGBoost?
Scalable, Portable and Distributed Gradient Boosting (GBDT, GBRT or GBM) Library, for Python, R, Java, Scala, C++ and more. Runs on single machine, Hadoop, Spark, Flink and DataFlow
XGBoost is a tool in the Python Build Tools category of a tech stack.
XGBoost is an open source tool with 25.6K GitHub stars and 8.7K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to XGBoost's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses XGBoost?
Companies
24 companies reportedly use XGBoost in their tech stacks, including Delivery Hero, BlaBlaCar, and RatePAY GmbH.
Developers
78 developers on StackShare have stated that they use XGBoost.
XGBoost Integrations
Python, Java, C++, Scala, and Julia are some of the popular tools that integrate with XGBoost. Here's a list of all 11 tools that integrate with XGBoost.
XGBoost's Features
- Flexible
- Portable
- Multiple Languages
- Battle-tested
XGBoost Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to XGBoost?
scikit-learn
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TensorFlow
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JavaScript
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Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
