---
id: googleapis-common-protos-stubs
version: "2.3.1"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# googleapis-common-protos-stubs — Type stubs for googleapis-common-protos

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Downloads: 175.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package is a collection of type stubs for googleapis-common-protos, a library that bundles protocol buffer definitions. Type stubs allow static type checkers like Mypy and IDEs to understand the types and structure of protobuf messages without requiring the checker to parse the underlying definitions. The stubs were generated automatically using mypy-protobuf.

You install this package alongside googleapis-common-protos to gain IDE autocomplete and type-checking support when working with common protocol buffer types. It has low install friction, supports Python 3.7 through 3.12, and depends on typing-extensions, googleapis-common-protos, grpc-stubs, and types-protobuf. The package is dormant—no updates since 2024-01-28—but carries no known vulnerabilities and is stable for its narrow purpose.

Use it for:

- Enable Mypy or Pyright type checking in projects that use googleapis-common-protos.
- Get IDE autocomplete and inline documentation for protocol buffer messages.
- Ensure type safety when constructing or consuming protocol buffer objects in typed Python code.
- Support static analysis in CI/CD pipelines that enforce strict type checking.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides type stubs for googleapis-common-protos, enabling static type checking and IDE autocomplete for protocol buffer definitions.

Yes, if you use googleapis-common-protos and want type checking. The package is lightweight, permissively licensed, and has no security issues. Dormant maintenance is not a concern for a stable stub package—stubs rarely need updates unless the underlying library's API changes significantly. Install it as a dev or optional dependency if type checking is part of your workflow.

## Install

pip install googleapis-common-protos-stubs
uv add googleapis-common-protos-stubs
poetry add googleapis-common-protos-stubs

## Installing googleapis-common-protos-stubs

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2024-01-28—but the package is stable and carries no known vulnerabilities.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), so you can use it freely in commercial and open-source projects without copyleft obligations.

Quickstart:

pip install googleapis-common-protos-stubs

import typing_extensions
# Type checkers now understand googleapis-common-protos types

When using Mypy, you must pass the --namespace-packages flag because namespace packages require this option.

Verify before relying:

- Whether stubs remain accurate for the latest googleapis-common-protos releases given dormant maintenance since January 2024.
- Whether this package is actively used by downstream libraries or has been superseded by inline type hints.
- Specific protobuf message types covered by the stubs and their scope.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: dormant
- Downloads: 175.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

type stubs googleapis, protobuf type hints, mypy protobuf stubs, static type checking protobuf, google apis type annotations, protobuf typing support, type-stubs, protobuf

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