piuma 1.1.4

A lighweight document oriented database interface

Piuma is a lightweight Python library that provides a simple document-oriented interface layer with pluggable storage backends. Piuma is designed around a minimal and flexible core that makes it easy to:

• work with structured and document-like data

• swap or extend storage implementations

• build custom database behaviors

Out of the box, Piuma can be used as a small memory or file backed document store. However, its primary design goal is to serve as a foundation for building more complex or specialized database systems. Piuma has three core structural principles: minimal design, extensibility, compositional architecture.

Quick Links

• Github: https://github.com/emit07/piuma

• Documentation: https://piuma.readthedocs.io/

• PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/piuma

Use Cases

Piuma works well in situations where you want a lightweight and embeddable data layer.

• Building prototypes or experimental data systems

• Adding simple document storage to Python applications

• Creating a custom persistence layer without adopting a full database

• Flexibility in rapid development

• Testing environments

Why is it called Piuma?

Piuma (‹più·ma›) is the Italian word for feather, which reflects the design goals.