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Fast random number generation in an interval in Python: Up to 10x faster than random.randint.

Is lemire/fastrand beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to lemire/fastrand to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
124
Forks
19
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
1
Dominant language
C
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
May 15, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 21, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
help wanted
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

How to contribute to lemire/fastrand

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
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  • add more float generation functions
    Open
    enhancement help wanted

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    lemire/fastrand#25 · 2 comments ·

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