named
Named types.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need lightweight type name introspection. The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with minimal friction, and carries a permissive MIT license. However, the dormant maintenance status means you should verify that its type-name semantics align with your use case before relying on it for new projects.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.8 or above.
- Low friction install with a single lightweight dependency (typing-extensions).
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was in March 2024, though the repository remains active and the package is marked Production/Stable.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive and places no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
last release 2024-03-15 (882 days) · last repo commit 2024-05-23 · 3 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 196,896 downloads/mo, #9,773 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install named
from named import get_name, get_type_name, is_named
print(is_named(int)) # True
print(get_name(int)) # 'int'
print(get_type_name(42)) # 'int'- Whether the package's type introspection utilities work correctly with all modern Python type hints and generics.
- Performance characteristics when used with complex or deeply nested type structures.
- How long the package will remain maintained given dormant status since 2024-03-15.
What it is and what it does
Named is a small utility library for inspecting Python type names and determining whether objects or types are "named" in a specific sense. It exports core functions: `is_named()` checks if a type or object qualifies as named, `get_name()` retrieves the name of a named type, and `get_type_name()` gets the type name of an object. The package depends only on typing-extensions and is fully typed.
The library is designed for developers who need programmatic access to type metadata during runtime—useful in type-checking utilities, introspection tools, or frameworks that need to reason about Python types. It is marked Production/Stable and supports Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12, though development has been dormant since early 2024.
Use it for
- Retrieve the string name of a Python type for logging, error messages, or dynamic type resolution in frameworks.
- Check whether a type or object is named before attempting name-based operations in type-aware code.
- Build type introspection tools or debugging utilities that need to display human-readable type information.
- Support runtime type validation in libraries that need to distinguish between named and unnamed types.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need lightweight type name introspection.
The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with minimal friction, and carries a permissive MIT license. However, the dormant maintenance status means you should verify that its type-name semantics align with your use case before relying on it for new projects.
Install
named on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with a single lightweight dependency (typing-extensions). Maintenance is dormant—last release was in March 2024, though the repository remains active and the package is marked Production/Stable.
Requires Python 3.8 or above.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive and places no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
Quickstart
pip install named
from named import get_name, get_type_name, is_named
print(is_named(int)) # True
print(get_name(int)) # 'int'
print(get_type_name(42)) # 'int'Verify before relying
- Whether the package's type introspection utilities work correctly with all modern Python type hints and generics.
- Performance characteristics when used with complex or deeply nested type structures.
- How long the package will remain maintained given dormant status since 2024-03-15.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagetyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Dormant 882 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 196,896 / month, #9,773 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: UtilitiesTyping :: Typed |
Evidence: named-1.4.2-py3-none-any.whl
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