{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/13"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a collection of utility modules for Python applications, including data types, collections with expression-based filtering, configuration management, logging, protobuf support, and callback systems.","skillfed_tags":["configuration-framework","protobuf-utilities","logging-tracing"],"use_cases":["Build a configuration framework for a complex application with validation, file persistence, and inter-process protobuf serialization.","Implement expression-based filtering and reporting on in-memory data structures without writing custom query logic.","Add context-aware logging and method-level tracing to an existing application for debugging and audit trails.","Create a callback or signal/slot system for decoupled event handling between application components.","Register and manage Google Protocol Buffer message definitions centrally across multiple modules."],"what_it_does":"firebird-base is a collection of utility modules designed for Python 3 applications, originally developed for the Firebird Project but with general applicability. It provides foundational building blocks including custom exception and singleton classes, enhanced collection types that support expression-based filtering and querying, symmetric string-to-type conversion, a structured configuration framework with validation and protobuf message exchange, memory buffer management, hook and callback systems, context-aware logging, and trace/audit decorators for method calls.\n\nThe package is organized into focused modules\u2014types, collections, strconv, config, buffer, hooks, logging, trace, protobuf, and signal\u2014each addressing a specific cross-cutting concern. Developers typically use it as a dependency in larger applications or libraries that need unified configuration handling, structured logging, or expression-based data manipulation without reaching for heavier frameworks. It depends only on protobuf at runtime.","worth_installing":"Yes. firebird-base is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, uses a permissive MIT license, and offers low install friction. It is worth installing if your application needs one or more of its utility modules (configuration, logging, collections, callbacks, or protobuf support). If you only need a single feature, evaluate whether the dependency is justified for your use case."},"id":"firebird-base","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/firebird-base","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/firebird-base.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/firebird-base/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-04-17","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"firebird-base","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Firebird base modules for Python"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":235354,"position":9003,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.0.3"}