hbutils

What it is and what it does

hbutils is a broad utility library organized into multiple modules, each addressing a specific area of Python infrastructure: algorithms (linear mapping, topological sorting), binary I/O, collections (grouping, deduplication), color models, concurrency (ReadWriteLock), design patterns (Singleton), encoding and hashing, file operations, logging with colored output, object reflection, random generation, string processing, system information, and testing utilities. It's designed to be cross-platform and works on Windows, Ubuntu, and macOS across Python 3.7 through 3.13 with both CPython and PyPy implementations.

The package is intended as a grab-bag of helpers to reduce boilerplate in infrastructure code—you import the specific module you need rather than using the whole library. Its dependencies are all mainstream packages (packaging, setuptools, pytimeparse, bitmath, chardet, deprecation, importlib-metadata, typing-extensions), so adding it to a project carries minimal risk. The library is actively maintained and marked Production/Stable in its classifiers.

Use it for:

• Implement piecewise linear interpolation or topological sorting without writing custom algorithms.
• Add colored logging output and multi-line message formatting to existing applications.
• Parse and convert between color models (RGB, HSV, HLS) for graphics or visualization tasks.
• Retrieve file metadata and perform low-level binary I/O operations.
• Build unit tests with isolation, capture utilities, and test data generation helpers.
• Access Python object introspection and manipulation utilities for metaprogramming tasks.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

hbutils is a collection of utility modules covering algorithms, data structures, file operations, logging, encoding, reflection, and testing tools for Python infrastructure development.

Yes. hbutils is actively maintained, carries no known vulnerabilities, has low install friction, and offers a permissive Apache License, Version 2.0. It's useful as a selective import library—grab the specific modules you need rather than committing to the whole package. Best suited for infrastructure and utility code where you want to avoid reinventing common patterns.

Install

hbutils on PyPI

pip install hbutils

uv add hbutils

poetry add hbutils

Installing hbutils

Before you install

Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Active maintenance with a recent release and ongoing commits. Eight runtime dependencies are all stable, well-established packages.

License in practice

Apache License, Version 2.0 is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute hbutils in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions, provided you include the license notice.

Quickstart

pip install hbutils

from hbutils.algorithm import linear_map
f = linear_map((0, 1, 0.5))
print(f(0.25))  # 0.5

Verify before relying

• Whether all documented modules are fully functional in version 0.14.2 or if some are experimental.
• Performance characteristics and typical use-case scale for the collection and concurrent modules.
• Whether the reflection module's introspection capabilities work reliably across all listed Python implementations.

Package facts

Evidence: hbutils-0.14.2-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: python, generic, utilities, algorithms, data structures, system operations, design patterns, testing tools

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