requirements

• Pandas
• Numpy

installation

pip install fast_csv

!pip install fast_csv for Google Colab or Kaggle notebook

usage

import fast_csv as fc
data = fc.read_csv('$PATH/$FILE.csv')

import pandas as pd
import fast_csv as fc

data = fc.reduce_df(pd.DataFrame())

vs pd.read_csv

See data.info()

• it reduces 50% of memory usage on average
• it reduces 90%+ of memory usage on a good day