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+# firebird-driver
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+## Firebird driver for Python
+
+[![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/firebird-base.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/firebird-base)
+[![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/firebird-base.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/firebird-base)
+[![Hatch project](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%A5%9A-Hatch-4051b5.svg)](https://github.com/pypa/hatch)
+
+This package provides official Python Database API 2.0-compliant driver for the open
+source relational database Firebird®. In addition to the minimal feature set of
+the standard Python DB API, this driver also exposes the new (interface-based)
+client API introduced in Firebird 3, and number of additional extensions and
+enhancements for convenient use of Firebird RDBMS.
+
+-----
+
+**Table of Contents**
+
+- [Installation](#installation)
+- [License](#license)
+- [Documentation](#documentation)
+
+## Installation
+
+Requires: Firebird 3+
+
+```console
+pip install firebird-driver
+```
+See [firebird-lib](https://pypi.org/project/firebird-lib/) package for optional extensions
+to this driver.
+
+## License
+
+`firebird-driver` is distributed under the terms of the [MIT](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html) license.
+
+## Documentation
+
+The documentation for this package is available at [https://firebird-driver.readthedocs.io](https://firebird-driver.readthedocs.io)
+