{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Read, write, and manipulate Intel HEX files, a standard format for representing code and data to be programmed into microelectronic devices.","skillfed_tags":["embedded-systems","firmware-tools","hex-format"],"use_cases":["Convert between Intel HEX and binary formats when preparing firmware for microcontroller programming.","Parse and manipulate HEX files programmatically within embedded development toolchains.","Extract or modify specific memory regions in HEX files before flashing to devices.","Validate and inspect HEX file structure and content in build or CI/CD pipelines.","Generate HEX files from scratch when building custom firmware packaging tools."],"what_it_does":"intelhex is a Python library for reading, writing, and manipulating Intel HEX files, the de facto standard format for representing firmware and data in embedded systems and microcontroller programming. It provides both a programmatic API for working with HEX data in Python code and command-line utilities like hex2bin and bin2hex for format conversion.\n\nThe library has no runtime dependencies and installs as a pure Python wheel, making it lightweight and straightforward to integrate into embedded development workflows. It is classified as production/stable and supports Python 3.5 and later, though the last release was in 2020 and the project is now dormant\u2014meaning it receives no active development but remains functional for its core use case.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you work with Intel HEX files in embedded systems or microcontroller development. The package is stable, dependency-free, and widely used (top 5000 on PyPI). The dormant maintenance status is not a concern for a mature, single-purpose library with no known vulnerabilities, but verify compatibility with your Python version before relying on it for new projects."},"id":"intelhex","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/intelhex","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/intelhex.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/intelhex/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2020-10-20","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"intelhex","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Python library for Intel HEX files manipulations"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":5598897,"position":2064,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.3.0"}