{"id":21581,"library":"mlx-data","title":"mlx-data","description":"Universal data loaders for Apple MLX framework. Current version 0.2.0, released on 2024-09-20. Development is active with weekly releases.","status":"active","version":"0.2.0","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-data","tags":["mlx","data-loader","apple","machine-learning","deep-learning"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install mlx-data","lang":"bash","label":"Install from PyPI"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"Correct usage is 'from mlx.data import DataLoader' rather than 'import mlx.data'.","wrong":"import mlx.data","symbol":"DataLoader","correct":"from mlx.data import DataLoader"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from mlx.data import DataLoader\nimport mlx.core as mx\n\ndataloader = DataLoader.from_iterable([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], batch_size=2)\nfor batch in dataloader:\n    print(batch)","lang":"python","description":"Create a DataLoader from a simple iterable and iterate over batches."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Replace `dataloader.batch(4)` with `DataLoader.from_iterable(data, batch_size=4)`.","message":"DataLoader.batch() method was removed in v0.2.0; use DataLoader.from_iterable with batch_size argument instead.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"< 0.2.0"},{"fix":"Remove shuffle from constructor and call `dataloader.shuffle()` before iteration.","message":"The `shuffle` parameter in `DataLoader` is deprecated; use `.shuffle()` method instead.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":"0.1.0 - 0.2.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run `pip install mlx-data --upgrade`.","cause":"mlx-data is not installed or version is too old.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mlx.data'"},{"fix":"Use `from mlx.data import DataLoader`.","cause":"Incorrect import path; users often try 'import mlx.data' then use mlx.data.DataLoader.","error":"AttributeError: module 'mlx.data' has no attribute 'DataLoader'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}