{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/6"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides type stubs for msgpack to enable static type checking and IDE autocomplete when using the msgpack library.","skillfed_tags":["type-stubs","static-typing"],"use_cases":["Enable mypy type checking in projects that serialize data with msgpack.","Get IDE autocomplete for msgpack functions and classes during development.","Catch type mismatches in msgpack pack/unpack calls before runtime.","Maintain type safety in data serialization pipelines that use msgpack."],"what_it_does":"msgpack-types is a type stub package that adds static type information to the msgpack serialization library. It enables IDEs and type checkers like mypy to understand msgpack's API, providing autocomplete suggestions and catching type errors at development time rather than runtime.\n\nThe package is a thin wrapper around msgpack's type definitions and depends only on msgpack itself and typing-extensions for compatibility across Python versions 3.8 through 3.14. It is intended for developers who use msgpack in codebases that employ static type checking, and it has no runtime overhead\u2014it only affects the development and type-checking experience.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you use msgpack and static type checking. The package is lightweight, actively maintained, permissively licensed, and has no known vulnerabilities. Install it alongside msgpack in any project using mypy or similar type checkers to gain type safety and IDE support with zero runtime cost."},"id":"msgpack-types","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/msgpack-types","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/msgpack-types.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/msgpack-types/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-29","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"msgpack-types","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Type stubs for msgpack"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":794531,"position":5038,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.8.0"}