bigdict 21.1.5

A persisted, out-of-memory dict for Python

bigdict

bigdict implements a persisted, out-of-memory dict for Python.

Tested with Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9.

The usage API strives to be as close as possible to the built-in dict, with a small number of extras.

The "engine", or "back-end", is currently rocksdb. However, rocksdb is not the point; the point is rather a "persisted, out-of-memory dict".

Installation: pip install bigdict. You need to have rocksdb and a compilation toolchain installed while installing this. Please refer to Dockerfile-dev and Dockerfile-release.

Possible enhancements in the future:

• Support remote storage.
• Implement a cache backed by bigdict.
• A more performant engine to replace rocksdb.
• Make updates to the package python-rocksdb, which is not very active as of now.
• Provide a wheel that includes the rocksdb lib.