def get_installed_distributions(local_only=True,
                                skip=stdlib_pkgs,
                                include_editables=True,
                                editables_only=False,
                                user_only=False):
    # type: (bool, Container[str], bool, bool, bool) -> List[Distribution]
    """
    Return a list of installed Distribution objects.

    If ``local_only`` is True (default), only return installations
    local to the current virtualenv, if in a virtualenv.

    ``skip`` argument is an iterable of lower-case project names to
    ignore; defaults to stdlib_pkgs

    If ``include_editables`` is False, don't report editables.

    If ``editables_only`` is True , only report editables.

    If ``user_only`` is True , only report installations in the user
    site directory.

    """
    if local_only:
        local_test = dist_is_local
    else:
        def local_test(d):
            return True

    if include_editables:
        def editable_test(d):
            return True
    else:
        def editable_test(d):
            return not dist_is_editable(d)

    if editables_only:
        def editables_only_test(d):
            return dist_is_editable(d)
    else:
        def editables_only_test(d):
            return True

    if user_only:
        user_test = dist_in_usersite
    else:
        def user_test(d):
            return True

    # because of pkg_resources vendoring, mypy cannot find stub in typeshed
    return [d for d in pkg_resources.working_set  # type: ignore
            if local_test(d) and
            d.key not in skip and
            editable_test(d) and
            editables_only_test(d) and
            user_test(d)
            ]