{"categories":[{"label":"Internet","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet"},{"label":"Proxy Servers","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-proxy-servers"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Reads MaxMind DB files to look up geolocation and other data indexed by IP address, with both pure Python and optional C extension implementations.","skillfed_tags":["geolocation","ip-lookup"],"use_cases":["Determine the country, city, or ASN of an incoming request by looking up its IP address in a GeoLite2 database.","Build IP-based access control or geofencing rules by querying MaxMind DB files in a web application.","Analyze traffic logs or network data by batch-looking up IP addresses against a MaxMind database.","Serve geolocation metadata to clients based on their IP, without external API calls."],"what_it_does":"maxminddb is a Python reader for the MaxMind DB binary format, a file format designed to store geolocation and other data indexed by IP address subnets. The package provides a Reader interface that accepts a MaxMind DB file path and returns lookup results for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. It offers multiple read modes\u2014including memory-mapped access, in-memory loading, and file-based reading\u2014and includes an optional C extension for performance; if compilation fails, the module automatically falls back to a pure Python implementation.\n\nTypical usage involves opening a database file (such as the free GeoLite2 databases from MaxMind), then calling get() or get_with_prefix_len() to retrieve data for a given IP address. The package also supports iteration over the entire database and is thread-safe for concurrent reads, including support for Python 3.13+ free-threading.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports current Python versions (3.10+), and is widely used (top 5000 on PyPI). Install friction is manageable due to graceful fallback from C extension to pure Python. Use it if you need to query MaxMind DB files locally."},"id":"maxminddb","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/maxminddb","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/maxminddb.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/maxminddb/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-05","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"maxminddb","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Reader for the MaxMind DB format"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":21223146,"position":1007,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.1.1"}