_nanobind_ is a small binding library that exposes C++ types in Python and vice
versa. It is reminiscent of
[Boost.Python](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_64_0/libs/python/doc/html) and
[pybind11](https://github.com/pybind/pybind11) and uses near-identical syntax.
In contrast to these existing tools, nanobind is more efficient: bindings
compile in a shorter amount of time, produce smaller binaries, and have better
runtime performance.
More concretely,
[benchmarks](https://nanobind.readthedocs.io/en/latest/benchmark.html) show up
to **~4× faster** compile time, **~5× smaller** binaries, and **~10× lower**
runtime overheads compared to pybind11. nanobind also outperforms Cython in
important metrics (**3-12×** binary size reduction, **1.6-4×** compilation time
reduction, similar runtime performance).
## Documentation
Please see the following links for tutorial and reference documentation in
[HTML](https://nanobind.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) and
[PDF](https://nanobind.readthedocs.io/_/downloads/en/latest/pdf/) formats.
## License and attribution
All material in this repository is licensed under a three-clause [BSD
license](LICENSE).
Please use the following BibTeX template to cite nanobind in scientific
discourse:
```bibtex
@misc{nanobind,
author = {Wenzel Jakob},
year = {2022},
note = {https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind},
title = {nanobind: tiny and efficient C++/Python bindings}
}
```
The nanobind logo was designed by [AndoTwin Studio](https://andotwinstudio.com)
(high-resolution download:
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