Elote: Elegant Rating Systems in Python

Elote is a powerful Python library for implementing and comparing rating systems. Whether you’re ranking chess players, sports teams, or prioritizing features in your product backlog, Elote provides a simple, elegant API for all your competitive ranking needs.

Rating systems allow you to rank competitors based on their performance in head-to-head matchups. The most famous example is the Elo rating system used in chess, but these systems have applications far beyond sports:

  • Ranking products based on A/B comparisons

  • Prioritizing features through pairwise voting

  • Creating recommendation systems

  • Matchmaking in games and competitions

  • Collaborative filtering and ranking

Elote makes implementing these systems simple and intuitive, with a clean API that handles all the mathematical complexity for you.

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