Brownie provides a Python framework for developing and testing smart contracts targeting the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Its features include Solidity and Vyper support, pytest-based contract testing, property-based and stateful testing, trace-based coverage evaluation, debugging tools, a console, contract compilation and interaction, deployment, network and account management, and a package manager. The documentation states that Brownie is no longer actively maintained and directs users to Ape Framework for future Python Ethereum development.