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+# firebird-lib
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+## The Python library for Firebird
+
+[![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/firebird-lib.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/firebird-lib)
+[![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/firebird-lib.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/firebird-lib)
+[![Hatch project](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%A5%9A-Hatch-4051b5.svg)](https://github.com/pypa/hatch)
+
+This package provides optional extensions for [firebird-driver](https://pypi.org/project/firebird-driver/).
+
+Currently it contains modules for:
+
+* Work with Firebird database schema.
+* Work with Firebird monitoring tables.
+* Processing output from gstat Firebird utility.
+* Processing Firebird server log.
+* Processing output from Firebird server trace & audit sessions.
+
+-----
+
+**Table of Contents**
+
+- [Installation](#installation)
+- [License](#license)
+- [Documentation](#documentation)
+
+## Installation
+
+Requires: Firebird 3+
+
+```console
+pip install firebird-lib
+```
+## License
+
+`firebird-lib` 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-lib.readthedocs.io](https://firebird-lib.readthedocs.io)
+