like ogrinfo but less annoying

oinfo

#!/usr/bin/env python
import fiona, sys, json

c = fiona.open(sys.argv[1], 'r')

print json.dumps({
    'name': c.name,
    'type': c.driver,
    'crs': c.crs,
    'geometry': c.schema['geometry'],
    'properties': c.schema['properties']
}, indent=4)