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One LOWESS to Rule Them All
One LOWESS to Rule Them All

The fastest, most robust, and most feature-complete language-agnostic LOWESS (Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing) implementation for Rust, Python, R, Julia, JavaScript, C++, Go, Java, and WebAssembly.

The lowess-project also offers bindings for Rust, Python, R, Julia, Node.js, WebAssembly, C++, Go, and Java — see the full repository.

Installation & Documentation

Currently available for R, Python, Rust, Julia, Node.js, WebAssembly, and C++. See the Installation Guide for detailed installation instructions.

📚 View the full documentation

GPU Backend

GPU acceleration (wgpu: Vulkan/Metal/DX12) is also supported for high-throughput batch smoothing. See the GPU Backend guide for details.

LOESS vs. LOWESS

Feature LOESS LOWESS (This Crate)
Polynomial Degree Linear, Quadratic, Cubic, Quartic Linear (Degree 1)
Dimensions Multivariate (n-D support) Univariate (1-D only)
Flexibility High (Distance metrics) Standard
Complexity Higher (Matrix inversion) Lower (Weighted average/slope)

Read more about how LOWESS works in the Concepts.

Note: For a LOESS implementation, use loess-project.

Why this package?

Speed

The lowess project beats the competition in terms of speed, whether in single-threaded or multi-threaded parallel execution. It is on average 200-327x faster than Python's statsmodels.lowess and 2-3x faster than R's lowess.

For more details on the performance comparison, see the Benchmarks page.

Robustness

This implementation is more robust than R's lowess and Python's statsmodels due to two key design choices:

MAD-Based Scale Estimation:

For robustness weight calculations, this crate uses Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) for scale estimation:

s = median(|r_i - median(r)|)

In contrast, statsmodels and R's lowess uses the median of absolute residuals (MAR):

s = median(|r_i|)
  • MAD is a breakdown-point-optimal estimator—it remains valid even when up to 50% of data are outliers.
  • The median-centering step removes asymmetric bias from residual distributions.
  • MAD provides consistent outlier detection regardless of whether residuals are centered around zero.

Boundary Padding:

This crate applies a range of different boundary policies at dataset edges:

  • Extend: Repeats edge values to maintain local neighborhood size.
  • Reflect: Mirrors data symmetrically around boundaries.
  • Zero: Pads with zeros (useful for signal processing).
  • NoBoundary: Original Cleveland behavior

statsmodels and R's lowess do not apply boundary padding, which can lead to:

  • Biased estimates near boundaries due to asymmetric local neighborhoods.
  • Increased variance at the edges of the smoothed curve.

Features

A variety of features, supporting a range of use cases:

Feature This package statsmodels R (stats)
Kernel 7 options only Tricube only Tricube
Robustness Weighting 3 options only Huber only Huber
Scale Estimation 2 options only MAR only MAR
Boundary Padding 4 options no padding no padding
Zero Weight Fallback 3 options no no
Auto Convergence yes no no
Online Mode yes no no
Streaming Mode yes no no
Confidence Intervals yes no no
Prediction Intervals yes no no
Cross-Validation 2 options no no
Parallel Execution yes no no
GPU Acceleration yes no no
no-std Support yes no no

Validation

All implementations are numerical twins of R's lowess:

Aspect Status Details
Accuracy ✅ EXACT MATCH Max diff < 1e-12 across all scenarios
Consistency ✅ PERFECT Multiple scenarios pass with strict tolerance
Robustness ✅ VERIFIED Robust smoothing matches R exactly

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

License

Licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0.

Citation

If you use this software in your research, please cite it using the CITATION.cff file or the BibTeX entry below:

@software{lowess_project,
  author = {Valizadeh, Amir},
  title = {LOWESS Project: High-Performance Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://github.com/thisisamirv/lowess-project},
  license = {MIT OR Apache-2.0}
}

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Author: Amir Valizadeh

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