Lazy Predict

April 26, 2026 · View on GitHub

Lazy Predict helps build a lot of basic models without much code and helps understand which models work better without any parameter tuning.

Free software: MIT license
Documentation: https://shankarpandala.github.io/lazypredict/

Features

Over 40 built-in machine learning models
Automatic model selection for classification, regression, and time series forecasting
20+ forecasting models: statistical (ETS, ARIMA, Theta), ML (Random Forest, XGBoost, etc.), deep learning (LSTM, GRU), and pretrained foundation models (TimesFM)
Automatic seasonal period detection via ACF
Multiple categorical encoding strategies (OneHot, Ordinal, Target, Binary)
Built-in MLflow integration for experiment tracking
GPU acceleration: XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, cuML (RAPIDS), LSTM/GRU, TimesFM
Support for Python 3.9 through 3.13
Custom metric evaluation support
Configurable timeout and cross-validation
Intel Extension for Scikit-learn acceleration support

Installation

pip (PyPI)

pip install lazypredict

conda (conda-forge)

conda install -c conda-forge lazypredict

Optional extras (pip only)

Install with boosting libraries (XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost):

pip install lazypredict[boost]

Install with time series forecasting support:

pip install lazypredict[timeseries]          # statsmodels + pmdarima
pip install lazypredict[timeseries,deeplearning]  # + LSTM/GRU via PyTorch
pip install lazypredict[timeseries,foundation]    # + Google TimesFM (Python 3.10-3.11)

Install with all optional dependencies:

pip install lazypredict[all]

Usage

To use Lazy Predict in a project:

import lazypredict

Classification

Example:

from lazypredict.Supervised import LazyClassifier
from sklearn.datasets import load_breast_cancer
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

data = load_breast_cancer()
X = data.data
y = data.target

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.5, random_state=123)

clf = LazyClassifier(verbose=0, ignore_warnings=True, custom_metric=None)
models, predictions = clf.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

print(models)

Advanced Options

# With categorical encoding, timeout, cross-validation, and GPU
clf = LazyClassifier(
    verbose=1,                          # Show progress
    ignore_warnings=True,               # Suppress warnings
    custom_metric=None,                 # Use default metrics
    predictions=True,                   # Return predictions
    classifiers='all',                  # Use all available classifiers
    categorical_encoder='onehot',       # Encoding: 'onehot', 'ordinal', 'target', 'binary'
    timeout=60,                         # Max time per model in seconds
    cv=5,                               # Cross-validation folds (optional)
    use_gpu=True                        # Enable GPU acceleration
)
models, predictions = clf.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

Parameters:

verbose (int): 0 for silent, 1 for progress display
ignore_warnings (bool): Suppress scikit-learn warnings
custom_metric (callable): Custom evaluation metric
predictions (bool): Return prediction DataFrame
classifiers (str/list): 'all' or list of classifier names
categorical_encoder (str): Encoding strategy for categorical features
- 'onehot': One-hot encoding (default)
- 'ordinal': Ordinal encoding
- 'target': Target encoding (requires category-encoders)
- 'binary': Binary encoding (requires category-encoders)
timeout (int): Maximum seconds per model (None for no limit)
cv (int): Number of cross-validation folds (None to disable)
use_gpu (bool): Enable GPU acceleration for supported models (default False)

Model	Accuracy	Balanced Accuracy	ROC AUC	F1 Score	Time Taken
LinearSVC	0.989474	0.987544	0.987544	0.989462	0.0150008
SGDClassifier	0.989474	0.987544	0.987544	0.989462	0.0109992
MLPClassifier	0.985965	0.986904	0.986904	0.985994	0.426
Perceptron	0.985965	0.984797	0.984797	0.985965	0.0120046
LogisticRegression	0.985965	0.98269	0.98269	0.985934	0.0200036
LogisticRegressionCV	0.985965	0.98269	0.98269	0.985934	0.262997
SVC	0.982456	0.979942	0.979942	0.982437	0.0140011
CalibratedClassifierCV	0.982456	0.975728	0.975728	0.982357	0.0350015
PassiveAggressiveClassifier	0.975439	0.974448	0.974448	0.975464	0.0130005
LabelPropagation	0.975439	0.974448	0.974448	0.975464	0.0429988
LabelSpreading	0.975439	0.974448	0.974448	0.975464	0.0310006
RandomForestClassifier	0.97193	0.969594	0.969594	0.97193	0.033
GradientBoostingClassifier	0.97193	0.967486	0.967486	0.971869	0.166998
QuadraticDiscriminantAnalysis	0.964912	0.966206	0.966206	0.965052	0.0119994
HistGradientBoostingClassifier	0.968421	0.964739	0.964739	0.968387	0.682003
RidgeClassifierCV	0.97193	0.963272	0.963272	0.971736	0.0130029
RidgeClassifier	0.968421	0.960525	0.960525	0.968242	0.0119977
AdaBoostClassifier	0.961404	0.959245	0.959245	0.961444	0.204998
ExtraTreesClassifier	0.961404	0.957138	0.957138	0.961362	0.0270066
KNeighborsClassifier	0.961404	0.95503	0.95503	0.961276	0.0560005
BaggingClassifier	0.947368	0.954577	0.954577	0.947882	0.0559971
BernoulliNB	0.950877	0.951003	0.951003	0.951072	0.0169988
LinearDiscriminantAnalysis	0.961404	0.950816	0.950816	0.961089	0.0199995
GaussianNB	0.954386	0.949536	0.949536	0.954337	0.0139935
NuSVC	0.954386	0.943215	0.943215	0.954014	0.019989
DecisionTreeClassifier	0.936842	0.933693	0.933693	0.936971	0.0170023
NearestCentroid	0.947368	0.933506	0.933506	0.946801	0.0160074
ExtraTreeClassifier	0.922807	0.912168	0.912168	0.922462	0.0109999
CheckingClassifier	0.361404	0.5	0.5	0.191879	0.0170043
DummyClassifier	0.512281	0.489598	0.489598	0.518924	0.0119965

Regression

Example:

from lazypredict.Supervised import LazyRegressor
from sklearn import datasets
from sklearn.utils import shuffle
import numpy as np

diabetes  = datasets.load_diabetes()
X, y = shuffle(diabetes.data, diabetes.target, random_state=13)
X = X.astype(np.float32)

offset = int(X.shape[0] * 0.9)

X_train, y_train = X[:offset], y[:offset]
X_test, y_test = X[offset:], y[offset:]

reg = LazyRegressor(verbose=0, ignore_warnings=False, custom_metric=None)
models, predictions = reg.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

print(models)

Advanced Options

# With categorical encoding, timeout, and GPU
reg = LazyRegressor(
    verbose=1,                          # Show progress
    ignore_warnings=True,               # Suppress warnings
    custom_metric=None,                 # Use default metrics
    predictions=True,                   # Return predictions
    regressors='all',                   # Use all available regressors
    categorical_encoder='ordinal',      # Encoding: 'onehot', 'ordinal', 'target', 'binary'
    timeout=120,                        # Max time per model in seconds
    use_gpu=True                        # Enable GPU acceleration
)
models, predictions = reg.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

Parameters:

verbose (int): 0 for silent, 1 for progress display
ignore_warnings (bool): Suppress scikit-learn warnings
custom_metric (callable): Custom evaluation metric
predictions (bool): Return prediction DataFrame
regressors (str/list): 'all' or list of regressor names
categorical_encoder (str): Encoding strategy for categorical features
- 'onehot': One-hot encoding (default)
- 'ordinal': Ordinal encoding
- 'target': Target encoding (requires category-encoders)
- 'binary': Binary encoding (requires category-encoders)
timeout (int): Maximum seconds per model (None for no limit)
use_gpu (bool): Enable GPU acceleration for supported models (default False)

Model	Adjusted R-Squared	R-Squared	RMSE	Time Taken
ExtraTreesRegressor	0.378921	0.520076	54.2202	0.121466
OrthogonalMatchingPursuitCV	0.374947	0.517004	54.3934	0.0111742
Lasso	0.373483	0.515873	54.457	0.00620174
LassoLars	0.373474	0.515866	54.4575	0.0087235
LarsCV	0.3715	0.514341	54.5432	0.0160234
LassoCV	0.370413	0.513501	54.5903	0.0624897
PassiveAggressiveRegressor	0.366958	0.510831	54.7399	0.00689793
LassoLarsIC	0.364984	0.509306	54.8252	0.0108321
SGDRegressor	0.364307	0.508783	54.8544	0.0055306
RidgeCV	0.363002	0.507774	54.9107	0.00728202
Ridge	0.363002	0.507774	54.9107	0.00556874
BayesianRidge	0.362296	0.507229	54.9411	0.0122972
LassoLarsCV	0.361749	0.506806	54.9646	0.0175984
TransformedTargetRegressor	0.361749	0.506806	54.9646	0.00604773
LinearRegression	0.361749	0.506806	54.9646	0.00677514
Lars	0.358828	0.504549	55.0903	0.00935149
ElasticNetCV	0.356159	0.502486	55.2048	0.0478678
HuberRegressor	0.355251	0.501785	55.2437	0.0129263
RandomForestRegressor	0.349621	0.497434	55.4844	0.2331
AdaBoostRegressor	0.340416	0.490322	55.8757	0.0512381
LGBMRegressor	0.339239	0.489412	55.9255	0.0396187
HistGradientBoostingRegressor	0.335632	0.486625	56.0779	0.0897055
PoissonRegressor	0.323033	0.476889	56.6072	0.00953603
ElasticNet	0.301755	0.460447	57.4899	0.00604224
KNeighborsRegressor	0.299855	0.458979	57.5681	0.00757337
OrthogonalMatchingPursuit	0.292421	0.453235	57.8729	0.00709486
BaggingRegressor	0.291213	0.452301	57.9223	0.0302746
GradientBoostingRegressor	0.247009	0.418143	59.7011	0.136803
TweedieRegressor	0.244215	0.415984	59.8118	0.00633955
XGBRegressor	0.224263	0.400567	60.5961	0.339694
GammaRegressor	0.223895	0.400283	60.6105	0.0235181
RANSACRegressor	0.203535	0.38455	61.4004	0.0653253
LinearSVR	0.116707	0.317455	64.6607	0.0077076
ExtraTreeRegressor	0.00201902	0.228833	68.7304	0.00626636
NuSVR	-0.0667043	0.175728	71.0575	0.0143399
SVR	-0.0964128	0.152772	72.0402	0.0114729
DummyRegressor	-0.297553	-0.00265478	78.3701	0.00592971
DecisionTreeRegressor	-0.470263	-0.136112	83.4229	0.00749898
GaussianProcessRegressor	-0.769174	-0.367089	91.5109	0.0770502
MLPRegressor	-1.86772	-1.21597	116.508	0.235267
KernelRidge	-5.03822	-3.6659	169.061	0.0243919

Time Series Forecasting

LazyForecaster benchmarks 20+ forecasting models on your time series in a single call:

import numpy as np
from lazypredict.TimeSeriesForecasting import LazyForecaster

# Generate sample data (or use your own)
np.random.seed(42)
t = np.arange(200)
y = 10 + 0.05 * t + 3 * np.sin(2 * np.pi * t / 12) + np.random.normal(0, 1, 200)

y_train, y_test = y[:180], y[180:]

fcst = LazyForecaster(verbose=0, ignore_warnings=True)
scores, predictions = fcst.fit(y_train, y_test)
print(scores)

Model	MAE	RMSE	MAPE	SMAPE	MASE	R-Squared	Time Taken
Holt	0.8532	1.0285	6.3241	6.1758	0.6993	0.7218	0.03
SARIMAX	0.8791	1.0601	6.5012	6.3414	0.7205	0.7045	0.12
Ridge_TS	0.9124	1.0843	6.7523	6.5721	0.7478	0.6912	0.01
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

With Exogenous Variables

# Optional exogenous features
X_train = np.column_stack([np.sin(t[:180]), np.cos(t[:180])])
X_test = np.column_stack([np.sin(t[180:]), np.cos(t[180:])])

scores, predictions = fcst.fit(y_train, y_test, X_train, X_test)

Advanced Options

fcst = LazyForecaster(
    verbose=1,                          # Show progress
    ignore_warnings=True,               # Suppress model errors
    predictions=True,                   # Return forecast values
    seasonal_period=12,                 # Override auto-detection
    cv=3,                               # Time series cross-validation
    timeout=30,                         # Max seconds per model
    sort_by="RMSE",                     # Sort metric (MAE, MAPE, SMAPE, MASE, R-Squared)
    forecasters="all",                  # Or list: ["Holt", "AutoARIMA", "LSTM_TS"]
    max_models=10,                      # Limit number of models
    use_gpu=True,                       # GPU acceleration for supported models
    foundation_model_path="/path/to/timesfm-weights",  # Local model weights (offline)
)
scores, predictions = fcst.fit(y_train, y_test)

Parameters:

verbose (int): 0 for silent, 1 for progress display
ignore_warnings (bool): Suppress per-model exceptions
predictions (bool): Return a second DataFrame of forecasted values
seasonal_period (int/None): Seasonal cycle length; None auto-detects via ACF
cv (int/None): Number of TimeSeriesSplit folds for cross-validation
timeout (int/float/None): Maximum training seconds per model
sort_by (str): Metric to sort by ("RMSE", "MAE", "MAPE", "SMAPE", "MASE", "R-Squared")
forecasters (str/list): "all" or a list of model names
n_lags (int): Number of lag features for ML/DL models (default 10)
n_rolling (tuple): Rolling-window sizes for feature engineering (default (3, 7))
max_models (int/None): Limit total models to train
custom_metric (callable): Additional metric f(y_true, y_pred) -> float
use_gpu (bool): Enable GPU acceleration for supported models (default False)
foundation_model_path (str): Local path to pre-downloaded foundation model weights (e.g. TimesFM)

Available model categories:

Baselines: Naive, SeasonalNaive
Statistical (statsmodels): SimpleExpSmoothing, Holt, HoltWinters_Add, HoltWinters_Mul, Theta, SARIMAX
Statistical (pmdarima): AutoARIMA
ML (sklearn): LinearRegression_TS, Ridge_TS, Lasso_TS, ElasticNet_TS, KNeighborsRegressor_TS, DecisionTreeRegressor_TS, RandomForestRegressor_TS, GradientBoostingRegressor_TS, AdaBoostRegressor_TS, ExtraTreesRegressor_TS, BaggingRegressor_TS, SVR_TS, XGBRegressor_TS, LGBMRegressor_TS, CatBoostRegressor_TS
Deep Learning (torch): LSTM_TS, GRU_TS
Foundation (timesfm): TimesFM

GPU Acceleration

Enable GPU acceleration for supported models with use_gpu=True:

from lazypredict.Supervised import LazyClassifier, LazyRegressor

# Classification with GPU
clf = LazyClassifier(use_gpu=True, verbose=0, ignore_warnings=True)
models, predictions = clf.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

# Regression with GPU
reg = LazyRegressor(use_gpu=True, verbose=0, ignore_warnings=True)
models, predictions = reg.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

# Time Series with GPU
from lazypredict.TimeSeriesForecasting import LazyForecaster
fcst = LazyForecaster(use_gpu=True, verbose=0, ignore_warnings=True)
scores, predictions = fcst.fit(y_train, y_test)

Supported GPU backends:

XGBoost — device="cuda"
LightGBM — device="gpu"
CatBoost — task_type="GPU"
cuML (RAPIDS) — GPU-native scikit-learn replacements (auto-discovered when installed)
LSTM / GRU — PyTorch CUDA
TimesFM — PyTorch CUDA

Falls back to CPU automatically if no CUDA GPU is available.

Categorical Encoding

Lazy Predict supports multiple categorical encoding strategies:

from lazypredict.Supervised import LazyClassifier
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

# Example with categorical features
df = pd.read_csv('data_with_categories.csv')
X = df.drop('target', axis=1)
y = df['target']

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.3)

# Try different encoders
for encoder in ['onehot', 'ordinal', 'target', 'binary']:
    clf = LazyClassifier(
        categorical_encoder=encoder,
        verbose=0,
        ignore_warnings=True
    )
    models, predictions = clf.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)
    print(f"\n{encoder.upper()} Encoding Results:")
    print(models.head())

Note: Target and binary encoders require the category-encoders package:

pip install category-encoders

Intel Extension Acceleration

For improved performance on Intel CPUs, install Intel Extension for Scikit-learn:

pip install scikit-learn-intelex

Lazy Predict will automatically detect and use it for acceleration.

MLflow Integration

Lazy Predict includes built-in MLflow integration. Enable it by setting the MLflow tracking URI:

import os
os.environ['MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI'] = 'sqlite:///mlflow.db'

# MLflow tracking will be automatically enabled
reg = LazyRegressor(verbose=0, ignore_warnings=True)
models, predictions = reg.fit(X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test)

Automatically tracks:

Model metrics (R-squared, RMSE, etc.)
Training time
Model parameters
Model artifacts