--- title: PyData Amsterdam 2024: Polars 1.0 and Beyond | daily.dev description: Ritchie Vink presented at PyData Amsterdam about Polars, the DataFrame-focused query engine, covering its 1.0 release in July 2024 and the introduction of GPU... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PyData Amsterdam 2024: Polars 1.0 and Beyond | daily.dev og:description: Ritchie Vink presented at PyData Amsterdam about Polars, the DataFrame-focused query engine, covering its 1.0 release in July 2024 and the introduction of GPU... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pOYdSkXaG.png og:image:alt: PyData Amsterdam 2024: Polars 1.0 and Beyond og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PyData Amsterdam 2024: Polars 1.0 and Beyond **[Polars Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/polars)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ritchie Vink presented at PyData Amsterdam about Polars, the DataFrame-focused query engine, covering its 1.0 release in July 2024 and the introduction of GPU acceleration in August 2024, along with a look at the project's future direction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When did Polars reach its 1.0 release and what other major feature came shortly after? Polars reached its 1.0 milestone in July 2024, and in August 2024 it added GPU acceleration for its query engine. These two developments were presented together by Ritchie Vink as a look at where the DataFrame-focused query engine stands and where it is headed next. _Track fast-moving DataFrame tools like Polars as they add GPU support by following updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Announcing Polars 1.44](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-polars-1-44-nyx9iebfn) · Polars Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#data-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/data-engineering), [#polars](https://daily.dev/tags/polars) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PyData Amsterdam 2024: Polars 1.0 and Beyond","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag"},"datePublished":"2026-08-16T08:53:13.075Z","dateModified":"2026-08-16T08:53:29.901Z","description":"Ritchie Vink presented at PyData Amsterdam about Polars, the DataFrame-focused query engine, covering its 1.0 release in July 2024 and the introduction of GPU...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5434e7bec80a8efdf8c46b2f6f76f432?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5434e7bec80a8efdf8c46b2f6f76f432?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Polars Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Polars Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xo60W3UW--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1786870390/logos/polars?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/polars"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"python,gpu,data-engineering,polars","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Polars Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/polars"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"PyData Amsterdam 2024: Polars 1.0 and Beyond"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pydata-amsterdam-2024-polars-1-0-and-beyond-poydskxag#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"When did Polars reach its 1.0 release and what other major feature came shortly after?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Polars reached its 1.0 milestone in July 2024, and in August 2024 it added GPU acceleration for its query engine. 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