{"categories":[{"label":"Application Frameworks","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-application-frameworks/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides shared interfaces, utilities, and data structures for Snakemake and its plugin ecosystem, enabling consistent communication between the workflow engine and third-party extensions.","skillfed_tags":["snakemake-ecosystem","plugin-framework"],"use_cases":["Developing a Snakemake plugin that needs to conform to the standard plugin interface contract.","Building custom executors, storage backends, or other Snakemake extensions that require shared utility classes.","Ensuring compatibility between your plugin code and the Snakemake workflow engine's expected interfaces."],"what_it_does":"snakemake-interface-common is a support library that defines the contract between Snakemake and its plugin ecosystem. It exports shared interfaces, utility functions, and data structures that plugins use to integrate with the Snakemake workflow engine. Rather than a tool you use directly, it is a foundation layer that plugin developers depend on to ensure their extensions work correctly with Snakemake.\n\nThe package is lightweight\u2014it pulls in only three common runtime dependencies (argparse-dataclass, ConfigArgParse, packaging)\u2014and is distributed as a pure Python wheel. It supports Python 3.8 and later, and has been actively maintained through March 2026. The package is part of the broader Snakemake ecosystem and sits in the top 5000 PyPI packages by download volume.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are developing a Snakemake plugin or extension. If you are a Snakemake end user, you do not need to install this directly\u2014it will be pulled in as a transitive dependency. Before adopting it in a proprietary project, verify the actual license, as the metadata does not declare one."},"id":"snakemake-interface-common","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/snakemake-interface-common","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/snakemake-interface-common.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/snakemake-interface-common/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-08","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"snakemake-interface-common","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Common functions and classes for Snakemake and its plugins"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1245935,"position":4165,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.23.0"}