# tqdm > Fast, Extensible Progress Meter - **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/tqdm - **Author**: pypi - **Category**: Frameworks - **Latest version**: `v4.68.1` (2026-06-05) - **License**: MPL-2.0 AND MIT - **Source**: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm - **Homepage**: https://pypi.org/project/tqdm/ - **Language**: Python - **GitHub**: 31,118 stars, 1,445 forks - **Registry**: pypi (`tqdm`) - **Tags**: `bar`, `console`, `eta`, `meter`, `progress`, `progressbar`, `progressmeter`, `pypi`, `rate` ## Description |Logo| tqdm ==== |Py-Versions| |Versions| |Conda-Forge-Status| |Docker| |Snapcraft| |Build-Status| |Coverage-Status| |Branch-Coverage-Status| |Codacy-Grade| |Libraries-Rank| |PyPI-Downloads| |LICENCE| |OpenHub-Status| |binder-demo| |awesome-python| ``tqdm`` derives from the Arabic word *taqaddum* (تقدّم) which can mean "progress," and is an abbreviation for "I love you so much" in Spanish (*te quiero demasiado*). Instantly make your loops show a smart progress meter - just wrap any iterable with ``tqdm(iterable)``, and you're done! .. code:: python from tqdm import tqdm for i in tqdm(range(10000)): ... ``76%|████████████████████████        | 7568/10000 [00:33<00:10, 229.00it/s]`` ``trange(N)`` can be also used as a convenient shortcut for ``tqdm(range(N))``. |Screenshot| |Video| |Slides| |Merch| It can also be executed as a module with pipes: .. code:: sh $ seq 9999999 | tqdm --bytes | wc -l 75.2MB [00:00, 217MB/s] 9999999 $ tar -zcf - docs/ | tqdm --bytes --total `du -sb docs/ | cut -f1` \ > backup.tgz 32%|██████████▍ | 8.89G/27.9G [00:42<01:31, 223MB/s] Overhead is low -- about 60ns per iteration (80ns with ``tqdm.gui``), and is unit tested against performance regression. By comparison, the well-established `ProgressBar `__ has an 800ns/iter overhead. In addition to its low overhead, ``tqdm`` uses smart algorithms to predict the remaining time and to skip unnecessary iteration displays, which allows for a negligible overhead in most cases. ``tqdm`` works on any platform (Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris/SunOS), in any console or in a GUI, and is also friendly with IPython/Jupyter notebooks. ``tqdm`` does not require any dependencies (not even ``curses``!), just Python and an environment supporting ``carriage return \r`` and ``line feed \n`` control characters. ------------------------------------------ .. contents:: Table of contents :backlinks: top :local: Installation ------------ Latest PyPI stable release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Versions| |PyPI-Downloads| |Libraries-Dependents| .. code:: sh pip install tqdm Latest development release on GitHub ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |GitHub-Status| |GitHub-Stars| |GitHub-Commits| |GitHub-Forks| |GitHub-Updated| Pull and install pre-release ``devel`` branch: .. code:: sh pip install "git+https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm.git@devel#egg=tqdm" Latest Conda release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Conda-Forge-Status| .. code:: sh conda install -c conda-forge tqdm Latest Snapcraft release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Snapcraft| There are 3 channels to choose from: .. code:: sh snap install tqdm # implies --stable, i.e. latest tagged release snap install tqdm --candidate # master branch snap install tqdm --edge # devel branch Note that ``snap`` binaries are purely for CLI use (not ``import``-able), and automatically set up ``bash`` tab-completion. Latest Docker release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Docker| .. code:: sh docker pull tqdm/tqdm docker run -i --rm tqdm/tqdm --help Other ~~~~~ There are other (unofficial) places where ``tqdm`` may be downloaded, particularly for CLI use: |Repology| .. |Repology| image:: https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/python:tqdm.svg :target: https://repology.org/project/python:tqdm/versions Changelog --------- The list of all changes is available either on GitHub's Releases: |GitHub-Status|, on the `wiki `__, or on the `website `__. Usage ----- ``tqdm`` is very versatile and can be used in a number of ways. The three main ones are given below. Iterable-based ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wrap ``tqdm()`` around any iterable: .. code:: python from tqdm import tqdm from time import sleep text = "" for char in tqdm(["a", "b", "c", "d"]): sleep(0.25) text = text + char ``trange(i)`` is a special optimised instance of ``tqdm(range(i))``: .. code:: python from tqdm import trange for i in trange(100): sleep(0.01) Instantiation outside of the loop allows for manual control over ``tqdm()``: .. code:: python pbar = tqdm(["a", "b", "c", "d"]) for char in pbar: sleep(0.25) pbar.set_description("Processing %s" % char) Manual ~~~~~~ Manual control of ``tqdm()`` updates using a ``with`` statement: .. code:: python with tqdm(total=100) as pbar: for i in range(10): sleep(0.1) pbar.update(10) If the optional variable ``total`` (or an iterable with ``len()``) is provided, predictive stats are displayed. ``with`` is also optional (you can just assign ``tqdm()`` to a variable, but in this case don't forget to ``del`` or ``close()`` at the end: .. code:: python pbar = tqdm(total=100) for i in range(10): sleep(0.1) pbar.update(10 ## Recent releases | Version | Date | Urgency | Changes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `v4.68.1` | 2026-06-05 | High | - set name of monitor thread (#1669, #1752 <- #1435) - fix monitor thread `atexit` deadlock (#1751 <- #528, #627, #1435, #1564) - docs: minor copyediting | | `4.67.3` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (4.67.3) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | | `v4.67.3` | 2026-02-03 | Low | - fix py3.7 dependencies (#1706 <- #1705) | ## Citation - HTML: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/tqdm - Markdown: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/tqdm.md - Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/tqdm/deps _Generated by freshcrate.ai. 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