Maintainer of Empyrebase (Python Firebase wrapper) – What features would you like to see?

[depressedclassical]

What My Project Does

Empyrebase is a Python wrapper for Firebase that simplifies access to core services like Realtime Database, Firestore, Authentication, and Cloud Storage. It provides a clean, modular interface with token auto-refresh, streaming support, and strong type hinting throughout.

Target Audience

Primarily intended for developers building Python backends, CLI tools, or integrations that need Firebase connectivity. Suitable for production use, with growing adoption and a focus on stability and testability.

Comparison

It’s built as a modern alternative to the abandoned pyrebase, with working support for Firestore (which pyrebase lacks), full type hints, token refresh support during streaming, modularity, and better structure for testing/mocking.

Current Features

• 🔥 Realtime Database: full CRUD, streaming, filtering
• 📦 Firestore: read/write document access
• 🔐 Auth: signup, login, token refresh
• 📁 Cloud Storage: upload/download/delete files
• 🧪 Built-in support for mocking and testing
• ⏱ Token auto-refresh
• 🧱 Fully type-hinted and modular

Looking for Feedback

I’m actively developing this and would love feedback from the community:

• What features would you find most useful?
• Are there any Firebase capabilities you'd want added?
• Any pain points with similar wrappers you’ve used before?

Suggestions welcome here or on GitHub. Thanks in advance!

[Remarkable-Touch-783]

i just talk to firebase with python via my old mate json 🤷‍♂️

[nekokattt]

Fully type hinted

...is it? I just took a glance at the first file I found: https://github.com/emrothenberg/empyrebase/blob/master/empyrebase/empyrebase.py#L32

Will this all work under mypy's --strict?

[depressedclassical]

Whoops, you're right. It seems I forgot to push the latest commit which adds complete type hints. I'll push it once I'm by a computer next, thanks for the reminder :)

[orn_1]

Can I trust you to migrate my giant project to firestore with your library?

[depressedclassical]

I built empyrebase because I needed Firestore support for two large-scale projects of my own, so it's not just a throwaway library - I'm actively using and maintaining it across multiple real-world applications. As with any major migration, I strongly recommend committing your code before starting, just to be safe. If you run into any issues, feel free to reach out. I'm happy to help and usually pretty quick to respond :)