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As of 4 November 2026, 39 ml frameworks are named by companies instead of scikit-learn: PyTorch by 5,581 companies, TensorFlow by 4,387, OpenCV by 812.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

scikit-learn, companies in postings
1,639
Most used alternative
PyTorch · 5,581
Fastest hiring, 90 days
PyTorch
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
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01 — Ranked by evidence

ml frameworks companies choose instead of scikit-learn

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs scikit-learnpostings, 90 dCompare
1
PyTorchPyTorch Foundation
5,581341%17,504scikit-learn vs PyTorch →
2
4,387268%12,007scikit-learn vs TensorFlow →
3
OpenCVOpenCV.org
81250%1,586scikit-learn vs OpenCV →
4
JAXGoogle
74045%1,878scikit-learn vs JAX →
5
61638%1,263scikit-learn vs Hugging Face Transformers →
6
KerasGoogle
60537%1,320scikit-learn vs Keras →
7
57435%1,097scikit-learn vs XGBoost →
8
ONNXLinux Foundation
43527%835scikit-learn vs ONNX →
9
LightGBMMicrosoft
26716%511scikit-learn vs LightGBM →
10
Core MLApple
21413%426scikit-learn vs Core ML →
11
DeepSpeedMicrosoft
20713%328scikit-learn vs DeepSpeed →
12
Hugging Face PEFTHugging Face
20513%508scikit-learn vs Hugging Face PEFT →
13
spaCyExplosion
19312%388scikit-learn vs spaCy →
14
16310%269scikit-learn vs PyTorch FSDP →
15
YOLOUltralytics
16310%281scikit-learn vs YOLO →
16
NLTKNLTK Project
1459%278scikit-learn vs NLTK →
17
1278%513soon
18
1137%284soon
19
1117%579soon
20
SHAPSHAP
1006%215soon
21
Apache TVMApache Software Foundation
946%256soon
22
XLAOpenXLA
795%246soon
23
TRLHugging Face
614%96soon
24
Spark MLlibApache Software Foundation
604%175soon
25
523%142soon
26
LIMELIME
503%110soon
27
CatBoostYandex
473%94soon
28
CaffeBAIR
453%87soon
29
HALCONMVTec
423%113soon
30
verl
402%113soon
31
scikit-imagescikit-image
372%69soon
32
Amazon ComprehendAmazon
342%81soon
33
GensimRARE Technologies
342%54soon
34
FlashAttentionDao-AILab
282%92soon
35
Apache MXNetApache Software Foundation
272%146soon
36
GymnasiumFarama Foundation
272%41soon
37
MediaPipeGoogle
252%24soon
38
IREEOpenXLA
231%53soon
39
MLXApple
231%74soon
18,225 companies name a ml framework in their postings.

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39 ml frameworks are named by companies instead of scikit-learn: PyTorch by 5,581 companies, TensorFlow by 4,387, OpenCV by 812, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/scikit-learn/alternatives)
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  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
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scikit-learn alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to scikit-learn?

PyTorch: 5,581 companies name it in their own job postings, against 1,639 for scikit-learn.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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