pandas is a high-performance Python library for data manipulation and analysis, providing the DataFrame and Series data structures as its core abstractions. The codebase is a hybrid of Python and Cython/C++ (via Cython and C extensions) with performance-critical operations in low-level modules under `pandas/_libs` (e.g., tslibs for time series, parsers for CSV, and window aggregations). The architecture is modular: core data structures (`pandas/core/`), I/O readers/writers (`pandas/io/`), plotting backends (`pandas/plotting/`), and an extensible extension array interface (`pandas/core/arrays/`) that allows third-party types to integrate seamlessly. Key entry points are `pandas/__init__.py` (public API), `pandas/io/api.py` (I/O functions), and `pandas/core/api.py` (internal API). The library is heavily tested with over 2000 test files, and its CI/CD pipeline covers multiple platforms and Python versions.