scikits.learn is a python module for machine learning built on top of scipy.

The project was started in 2007 by David Cournapeau as a Google Summer of Code project, and since then many volunteers have contributed. See the AUTHORS.rst file for a complete list of contributors.

It is currently maintained by a team of volunteers.

You can download source code and Windows binaries from SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/scikit-learn/files/

The required dependencies to build the software are python >= 2.5, NumPy >= 1.1, SciPy >= 0.6 (although having at least 0.7 is highly recommended and required by some modules) and a working C++ compiler.

To run the tests you will also need nose >= 0.10.

This packages uses distutils, which is the default way of installing python modules. The install command is:

python setup.py install

There's a general and development mailing list, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general to subscribe to the mailing list.

Some developers tend to hang around the channel #scikit-learn at irc.freenode.net, especially during the week preparing a new release. If nobody is available to answer your questions there don't hesitate to ask it on the mailing list to reach a wider audience.

You can check the latest sources with the command:

git clone git://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn.git

or if you have write privileges:

git clone git@github.com:scikit-learn/scikit-learn.git

Please submit bugs you might encounter, as well as patches and feature requests to the tracker located at the address https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/scikit-learn/report

After installation, you can launch the test suite (you will need to have nosetest installed):

python -c "import scikits.learn as skl; skl.test()"

Note that this must be run from outisde the project's root directory. See web page http://scikit-learn.sourceforge.net/developers/ for complete documentation on developement