types-boltons
Typing stubs for boltons
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Yes, if you use boltons and want static type checking. It's a lightweight stub package with no runtime overhead, active maintenance, and permissive licensing. Install it in your development environment alongside boltons to unlock type safety for boltons code.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python >=3.10; type checking requires mypy, pyright, or another compatible type checker to be installed separately.
- Low friction—a pure stub package with no runtime dependencies.
- Released 21 days ago with active maintenance; tested against mypy 2.3.0 and pyright 1.1.411.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), so it can be used freely in commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
last release 2026-07-24 (21 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 37 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 146,575 downloads/mo, #11,096 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install types-boltons
# Then use boltons in your code; mypy or pyright will now type-check it:
import boltons.dictutils
d = boltons.dictutils.OrderedMultiDict()- Whether the stubs cover all public APIs in boltons 26.1.* or only a subset.
- Whether this package is automatically kept in sync when boltons releases updates.
What it is and what it does
This is a type stub package that bridges the gap between the boltons utility library and static type checkers. Type stubs are files that describe the types and signatures of a library's public API without containing runtime code, allowing tools like mypy and pyright to validate your code against boltons even if boltons itself doesn't ship with type hints. The stubs are maintained as part of the typeshed project, a centralized repository of type information for popular Python packages.
You install types-boltons alongside boltons in your development environment. Once installed, your type checker will understand boltons' APIs and catch type errors in code that uses it. The package has no runtime dependencies and is lightweight—it's purely metadata for type checkers. It's tested against recent versions of mypy and pyright to ensure accuracy.
Use it for
- Add type checking to a project that uses boltons without waiting for boltons itself to add native type hints.
- Catch type errors in boltons utility calls (e.g., dictutils, tableutils) during CI/CD before runtime.
- Enable IDE autocomplete and type inference for boltons APIs in editors that support type stubs.
- Maintain strict type checking in a codebase that depends on boltons for data structures or utilities.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you use boltons and want static type checking.
It's a lightweight stub package with no runtime overhead, active maintenance, and permissive licensing. Install it in your development environment alongside boltons to unlock type safety for boltons code.
Install
types-boltons on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction—a pure stub package with no runtime dependencies. Released 21 days ago with active maintenance; tested against mypy 2.3.0 and pyright 1.1.411.
Requires Python >=3.10; type checking requires mypy, pyright, or another compatible type checker to be installed separately.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), so it can be used freely in commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install types-boltons
# Then use boltons in your code; mypy or pyright will now type-check it:
import boltons.dictutils
d = boltons.dictutils.OrderedMultiDict()Verify before relying
- Whether the stubs cover all public APIs in boltons 26.1.* or only a subset.
- Whether this package is automatically kept in sync when boltons releases updates.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 21 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 146,575 / month, #11,096 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Programming Language :: Python :: 3Typing :: Stubs Only |
Evidence: types_boltons-26.1.0.20260724-py3-none-any.whl
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