types-boto3-cloudformation

What it is and what it does

This package is a type-stub library that adds static type information to boto3's CloudFormation service. It is generated automatically from boto3 1.43.62 and works with IDEs (VSCode, PyCharm, Emacs, Sublime Text), type checkers (mypy, pyright), and linters to provide code completion and catch type errors at development time without changing how you write boto3 code.

The package contains no runtime logic—it only supplies type hints. You install it alongside boto3 in your development environment, and your IDE or type checker automatically recognizes CloudFormation client types, paginator types, waiter types, and service resource types. The docs note that PyCharm may experience performance issues with the full version due to Literal overloads, and suggest using types-boto3-lite as an alternative in that case.

Use it for:

• Enable IDE autocomplete and inline documentation for CloudFormation client methods while developing infrastructure-as-code scripts.
• Catch type mismatches in CloudFormation API calls during development with mypy or pyright before runtime.
• Provide explicit type annotations for CloudFormationClient, paginators, and waiters in codebases that enforce strict typing.
• Improve code maintainability in large CloudFormation automation projects by documenting expected argument and return types.
• Use with TYPE_CHECKING guards to keep type hints in source without adding a production dependency.

Worth the install?

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Provides type annotations for boto3's CloudFormation service, enabling IDE code completion and static type checking with mypy, pyright, and other tools.

Yes, if you use boto3 CloudFormation in a typed codebase. Install friction is minimal, maintenance is active, and the MIT license poses no restrictions. The only caveat: PyCharm users may experience performance degradation; the docs recommend types-boto3-lite as a workaround for that IDE. No security vulnerabilities are known.

Install

types-boto3-cloudformation on PyPI

pip install types-boto3-cloudformation

uv add types-boto3-cloudformation

poetry add types-boto3-cloudformation

Installing types-boto3-cloudformation

Before you install

Low friction install with a single runtime dependency (typing-extensions). Actively maintained with a release 14 days ago; repo shows 670 stars and no archived status.

License in practice

MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal obligations—suitable for both open-source and proprietary projects.

Quickstart

pip install types-boto3-cloudformation

from boto3.session import Session
from types_boto3_cloudformation import CloudFormationClient

client: CloudFormationClient = Session().client("cloudformation")

Requires Python 3.9 or later; boto3 must be installed separately for runtime use.

Verify before relying

• Whether PyCharm performance issues mentioned in the docs (PY-40997) have been resolved or remain relevant.
• Exact scope of type coverage across all CloudFormation client methods, paginators, waiters, and service resources.

Package facts

Evidence: types_boto3_cloudformation-1.43.62-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: boto3, cloudformation, boto3-stubs, type-annotations, mypy, typeshed, autocomplete

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