{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/5"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides type hints for the pyserial library, enabling static type checkers like mypy and pyright to validate code that uses serial port communication.","skillfed_tags":["type-stubs","serial-communication"],"use_cases":["Enable type checkers to validate code that uses pyserial for serial port communication.","Catch type mismatches in serial port configuration at development time.","Add IDE autocomplete and inline type hints for pyserial methods and properties.","Enforce type safety in embedded systems or IoT projects that communicate over serial interfaces.","Integrate serial port code into a strictly typed Python codebase without disabling type checking."],"what_it_does":"types-pyserial is a type stub package that adds static type information to the pyserial library. It allows Python type checkers like mypy and pyright to understand and validate code that uses pyserial's serial port APIs, catching type errors before runtime. The stubs are maintained as part of the typeshed project and are kept in sync with pyserial 3.5.* releases.\n\nThis package contains no runtime code\u2014it only provides type annotations. You install it alongside pyserial to enable type checking in your IDE and CI/CD pipelines. It requires Python 3.10 or later and has no external dependencies, making it a lightweight addition to any project that already uses pyserial.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you use pyserial and want static type checking. Install it alongside pyserial to enable type validation in mypy or pyright with zero runtime overhead. No security concerns, actively maintained, and permissively licensed. Only skip it if you don't use a type checker or don't use pyserial."},"id":"types-pyserial","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/types-pyserial","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/types-pyserial.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/types-pyserial/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-12","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"types-pyserial","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Typing stubs for pyserial"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1431771,"position":3912,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.5.0.20260712"}