Python shapefile library (pyshp)

 The Python shapefile library (pyshp) is a pure Python library and is used to read and write shapefiles. The pyshp library's sole purpose is to work with shapefiles—it only uses the Python standard library. You cannot use it for geometric operations. If you're only working with shapefiles, this one-file-only library is simpler than using GDAL.

Installing pyshp

You can use pip install, conda, and Anaconda3 to install pyshp:

>> pip install pyshp
>>conda install pyshp

More documentation is available at PyPi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyshp/1.2.3

The source code for pyshp is available at https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp.