https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-data
Tools for the management of inventory databases and impact assessment methods. Part of the Brightway LCA framework.
https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-data
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Tools for the management of inventory databases and impact assessment methods. Part of the Brightway LCA framework.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-data
- Owner: brightway-lca
- License: bsd-3-clause
- Created: 2020-03-11T07:36:03.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-10-13T12:58:22.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-18T06:27:10.045Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: brightway, data, life-cycle-assessment, python
- Language: Python
- Homepage: https://docs.brightway.dev/
- Size: 2.17 MB
- Stars: 17
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 27
- Open Issues: 47
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGES.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
# bw2data
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[pypi status]: https://pypi.org/project/bw2data/
[read the docs]: https://bw2data.readthedocs.io/
[tests]: https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-data/actions?workflow=Tests
[codecov]: https://app.codecov.io/gh/brightway-lca/bw2data
[pre-commit]: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
[black]: https://github.com/psf/black
This package provides tools for the management of inventory databases and impact assessment methods.
It is part of the [Brightway LCA framework](https://brightway.dev).
[Online documentation](https://docs.brightway.dev/) is available, and the source code is hosted on [GitHub brightway-lca organization](https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-data).
Note that version 4.0 and higher are only compatible with Brightway 2.5, as described in the [changelog](https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-data/blob/main/CHANGES.md).
## Installation
You can install _bw2data_ via [pip] from [PyPI]:
```console
$ pip install bw2data
```
## Contributing
Contributions are very welcome.
To learn more, see the [Contributor Guide][Contributor Guide].
## License
Distributed under the terms of the [BSD 3 Clause license][License],
_bw2data_ is free and open source software.
## Issues
If you encounter any problems,
please [file an issue][Issue Tracker] along with a detailed description.
[command-line reference]: https://bw2data.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
[License]: https://github.com/brightway-lca/bw2data/blob/main/LICENSE
[Contributor Guide]: https://github.com/brightway-lca/bw2data/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
[Issue Tracker]: https://github.com/brightway-lca/bw2data/issues
## Building the Documentation
You can build the documentation locally by installing the documentation Conda environment:
```bash
conda env create -f docs/environment.yml
```
activating the environment
```bash
conda activate sphinx_bw2data
```
and [running the build command](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/man/sphinx-build.html#sphinx-build):
```bash
sphinx-build docs _build/html --builder=html --jobs=auto --write-all; open _build/html/index.html
```