holoviz · maximlt · Jan 2, 2026 · Jan 2, 2026 · Jan 2, 2026 · Jan 2, 2026
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The API is based on the familiar Pandas `.plot` API and the innovative `.interac
 
 hvPlot
 
-- supports a wide range of data sources including [Pandas](http://pandas.pydata.org), [Polars](https://docs.pola.rs/), [XArray](http://xarray.pydata.org), [Dask](http://dask.pydata.org), [Streamz](http://streamz.readthedocs.io), [Intake](http://github.com/ContinuumIO/intake), [GeoPandas](http://geopandas.org) and [NetworkX](https://networkx.github.io/documentation/stable/).
+- supports a wide range of data sources including [Pandas](http://pandas.pydata.org), [Polars](https://docs.pola.rs/), [XArray](http://xarray.pydata.org), [Dask](http://dask.pydata.org), [Intake](http://github.com/ContinuumIO/intake), [GeoPandas](http://geopandas.org) and [NetworkX](https://networkx.github.io/documentation/stable/).
 - supports the plotting backends [Bokeh](https://docs.bokeh.org/en/latest/), [Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/) and [Plotly](https://plotly.com/python/).
 - exposes the powerful tools from the [HoloViz](https://holoviz.org/) ecosystem in a familiar and convenient API.
 

diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ dependencies:
   - geopandas>=0.9.0
   - xarray>=0.18.2
   - networkx>=2.6.3
-  - streamz>=0.3.0
   - intake>=0.6.5
   - intake-parquet>=0.2.3
   - intake-xarray>=0.5.0

diff --git a/doc/conftest.py b/doc/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import sys
 
 from importlib.util import find_spec
 
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@
         'user_guide/Plotting_with_Plotly.ipynb',
     ]
 
-if not find_spec('streamz') or sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 14):
+if not find_spec('streamz'):
     collect_ignore_glob += [
         'ref/plotting_options/streaming.ipynb',
     ]

diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md
@@ -185,21 +185,6 @@ align: center
 ---
 :::
 
-:::{tab-item} Streamz
-```python
-import hvplot.streamz
-from streamz.dataframe import Random
-
-df_streamz = Random(interval='200ms', freq='50ms')
-df_streamz.hvplot()
-```
-```{image} ./assets/streamz_demo.gif
----
-alt: Works with Streamz
-align: center
----
-:::
-
 ::::
 
 `.hvplot()` can generate plots with [Bokeh](https://bokeh.org/) (default), [Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/) or [Plotly](https://plotly.com/).

diff --git a/doc/ref/api/index.md b/doc/ref/api/index.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ df.hvplot(kind='scatter')
 
 Under the hood, these special imports like `import hvplot.pandas` register an accessor that returns an instance of an `hvPlotBase` class. Tabular-like data sources rely on the `hvPlotTabular` class and gridded-like sources on `hvPlot` (subclass of `hvPlotTabular` extended with methods like {meth}`image  <hvplot.hvPlot.image>`):
 
-- `hvPlotTabular`: cuDF, Dask, Fugue, Ibis, Pandas, Streamz
+- `hvPlotTabular`: cuDF, Dask, Fugue, Ibis, Pandas
 - `hvPlotTabularDuckDB`: DuckDB
 - `hvPlotTabularPolars`: Polars
 - `hvPlot`: Xarray

diff --git a/doc/ref/data_libraries.ipynb b/doc/ref/data_libraries.ipynb
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@
    "id": "5f0d3dcc",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "| Source                            | Module           | Type              | HoloViews interface | Comment                       |\n",
-    "| --------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------- |\n",
-    "| [Pandas](#libraries-pandas)       | `hvplot.pandas`  | Tabular           | ✅                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [Dask](#libraries-dask)           | `hvplot.dask`    | Tabular           | ✅                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [Geopandas](#libraries-geopandas) | `hvplot.pandas`  | Tabular           | ✅                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [Ibis](#libraries-ibis)           | `hvplot.ibis`    | Tabular           | ✅                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [Polars](#libraries-polars)       | `hvplot.polars`  | Tabular           | ❌                  | To Pandas                     |\n",
-    "| [DuckDB](#libraries-duckdb)       | `hvplot.duckdb`  | Tabular           | ❌                  | To Pandas                     |\n",
-    "| [RAPIDS cuDF](#libraries-cudf)    | `hvplot.cudf`    | Tabular           | ✅                  | GPU                           |\n",
-    "| [Fugue](#libraries-fugue)         | `hvplot.fugue`   | Tabular           | ❌                  | Experimental                  |\n",
+    "| Source                            | Module           | Type             | HoloViews interface | Comment                       |\n",
+    "| --------------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------- |\n",
+    "| [Pandas](#libraries-pandas)       | `hvplot.pandas`  | Tabular          | ✅                  |                               |\n",
+    "| [Dask](#libraries-dask)           | `hvplot.dask`    | Tabular          | ✅                  |                               |\n",
+    "| [Geopandas](#libraries-geopandas) | `hvplot.pandas`  | Tabular          | ✅                  |                               |\n",
+    "| [Ibis](#libraries-ibis)           | `hvplot.ibis`    | Tabular          | ✅                  |                               |\n",
+    "| [Polars](#libraries-polars)       | `hvplot.polars`  | Tabular          | ❌                  | To Pandas                     |\n",
+    "| [DuckDB](#libraries-duckdb)       | `hvplot.duckdb`  | Tabular          | ❌                  | To Pandas                     |\n",
+    "| [RAPIDS cuDF](#libraries-cudf)    | `hvplot.cudf`    | Tabular          | ✅                  | GPU                           |\n",
+    "| [Fugue](#libraries-fugue)         | `hvplot.fugue`   | Tabular          | ❌                  | Experimental                  |\n",
     "| [Xarray](#libraries-xarray)       | `hvplot.xarray`  | Multidimensional | ✅                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [Intake](#libraries-intake)       | `hvplot.intake`  | Catalog           | ❌                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [Streamz](#libraries-streamz)     | `hvplot.streamz` | Streaming         | ✅                  |                               |\n",
-    "| [NetworkX](#libraries-networkx)   | -                | Graph             | -                   | [Different API](api-networkx) |\n"
+    "| [Intake](#libraries-intake)       | `hvplot.intake`  | Catalog          | ❌                  |                               |\n",
+    "| [Streamz](#libraries-streamz)     | `hvplot.streamz` | Streaming        | ✅                  | **Deprecated** |\n",
+    "| [NetworkX](#libraries-networkx)   | -                | Graph            | -                   | [Different API](api-networkx) |\n"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -630,7 +630,12 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "(libraries-streamz)=\n",
-    "### Streamz"
+    "### Streamz\n",
+    "\n",
+    ":::{warning}\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Streamz support has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.\n",
+    ":::"
    ]
   },
   {

diff --git a/doc/ref/plotting_options/streaming.ipynb b/doc/ref/plotting_options/streaming.ipynb
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
    "source": [
     "# Streaming Options\n",
     "\n",
+    ":::{warning}\n",
+    "Streamz support has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.\n",
+    ":::\n",
+    "\n",
     ":::{note}\n",
     "All the examples below require a live python process to experience the full interactivity of the plots.\n",
     ":::\n",

diff --git a/doc/tutorials/getting_started.ipynb b/doc/tutorials/getting_started.ipynb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "To run the guides in this site locally, create an environment with the required dependencies:\n",
     "\n",
     "```bash\n",
-    "conda create -n hvplot-env -c conda-forge --override-channels hvplot geoviews datashader xarray pandas geopandas dask streamz networkx intake intake-xarray intake-parquet s3fs scipy spatialpandas pooch rasterio fiona plotly matplotlib hvsampledata jupyterlab\n",
+    "conda create -n hvplot-env -c conda-forge --override-channels hvplot geoviews datashader xarray pandas geopandas dask networkx intake intake-xarray intake-parquet s3fs scipy spatialpandas pooch rasterio fiona plotly matplotlib hvsampledata jupyterlab\n",
     "```"
    ]
   },

diff --git a/doc/user_guide/Introduction.ipynb b/doc/user_guide/Introduction.ipynb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "* [Polars](https://www.pola.rs/): Polars is a fast DataFrame library/in-memory query engine (columnar/tabular data)\n",
     "* [Dask](https://www.dask.org): DataFrame, Series (distributed/out of core arrays and columnar data)\n",
     "* [XArray](https://xarray.pydata.org): Dataset, DataArray (labelled multidimensional arrays)\n",
-    "* [Streamz](https://streamz.readthedocs.io): DataFrame(s), Series(s) (streaming columnar data)\n",
     "* [Intake](https://github.com/ContinuumIO/intake): DataSource (data catalogues)\n",
     "* [GeoPandas](https://geopandas.org): GeoDataFrame (geometry data)\n",
     "* [NetworkX](https://networkx.github.io/documentation/stable/): Graph (network graphs)\n",

diff --git a/doc/user_guide/Streaming.ipynb b/doc/user_guide/Streaming.ipynb
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
+    ":::{warning}\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Streamz support has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.\n",
+    ":::\n",
+    "\n",
     "hvPlot supports [streamz](https://github.com/mrocklin/streamz) DataFrame and Series objects, automatically generating streaming plots in a Jupyter notebook or deployed as a [Bokeh Server app](https://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/docs/user_guide/server.html). \n",
     "\n",
     "All hvPlot methods on streamz objects return HoloViews `DynamicMap` objects that update the plot whenever `streamz` triggers an event. For more information on `DynamicMap` and HoloViews dynamic plotting support, see the [HoloViews User Guide](https://holoviews.org/user_guide); here we will focus on using the simple, high-level hvPlot API rather than on the details of how events and data flow behind the scenes.\n",

diff --git a/doc/user_guide/index.md b/doc/user_guide/index.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pandas.plotting module.
 - [Subplots](Subplots)
   How to generate subplots and grids.
 - [Streaming](Streaming)
-  How to use hvPlot for streaming plots with the streamz library.
+  How to use hvPlot for streaming plots with the streamz library (**Streamz support is deprecated**).
 - [Gridded Data](Gridded_Data)
   How to use hvPlot for plotting Xarray-based gridded data.
 - [Network Graphs](NetworkX)

diff --git a/hvplot/converter.py b/hvplot/converter.py
@@ -1451,6 +1451,11 @@ def _process_data(
             datatype = 'ibis'
             self.data = data
         elif is_streamz(data):
+            warnings.warn(
+                'streamz support has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.',
+                DeprecationWarning,
+                stacklevel=_find_stack_level(),
+            )
             datatype = 'streamz'
             self.data = data.example
             if isinstance(self.data, pd.DataFrame):

diff --git a/hvplot/streamz.py b/hvplot/streamz.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import warnings
+
+from .util import _find_stack_level
+
+
 def patch(name='hvplot', extension='bokeh', logo=False):
     from . import hvPlotTabular, post_patch, _module_extensions
 
@@ -7,6 +12,13 @@ def patch(name='hvplot', extension='bokeh', logo=False):
         raise ImportError(
             'Could not patch plotting API onto streamz. Streamz could not be imported.'
         )
+
+    warnings.warn(
+        'streamz support has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.',
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=_find_stack_level(),
+    )
+
     if 'hvplot.streamz' not in _module_extensions:
         _patch_plot = lambda self: hvPlotTabular(self)  # noqa: E731
         _patch_plot.__doc__ = hvPlotTabular.__call__.__doc__

diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testdeprecations.py b/hvplot/tests/testdeprecations.py
@@ -28,3 +28,14 @@ def test_converter_argument_hover_formatters():
     df = pd.DataFrame({'x': [0, 1], 'y': [0, 1]})
     with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
         HoloViewsConverter(df, 'x', 'y', hover_formatters={'@{y}': 'printf'})
+
+
+def test_streamz_patch():
+    pytest.importorskip('streamz')
+    with pytest.warns(
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        match='streamz support has been deprecated',
+    ):
+        from hvplot.streamz import patch
+
+        patch()
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testpatch.py b/hvplot/tests/testpatch.py
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ def test_xarray_dataset_patched(self):
 
 class TestPatchStreamz(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 14):
-            raise SkipTest('streamz not compatible')
         try:
             import streamz  # noqa
         except ImportError: