---
id: types-colorama
version: "0.4.15.20260508"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# types-colorama — Typing stubs for colorama

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 2.6M/mo

## What it is and what it does

types-colorama is a type stub package that provides type annotations for the colorama library. It allows static type checkers like mypy and pyright to understand and validate code using colorama's terminal color and styling functions. The stubs are maintained as part of the typeshed project and are kept in sync with colorama 0.4.* releases.

This package has no runtime dependencies and is installed purely to support development-time type checking. It is tested against mypy 1.20.0 and pyright 1.1.408 to ensure the annotations remain accurate. If you use colorama in a type-checked codebase, installing this package enables your type checker to catch type errors related to colorama usage.

Use it for:

- Enable mypy or pyright to type-check code that imports and uses colorama
- Catch type errors in colorama API calls during static analysis before runtime
- Support IDE autocomplete and type hints for colorama functions in development
- Validate colorama usage in CI/CD pipelines running type checkers for code quality

## Worth the install?

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

Provides type stubs for colorama, enabling static type checkers like mypy and pyright to validate code using colorama.

Yes, if you use colorama in a type-checked project. It has zero runtime overhead, low install friction, and is actively maintained. Install it alongside colorama when you want static type checking to cover colorama calls. Not needed if you don't use type checkers or don't use colorama.

## Install

pip install types-colorama
uv add types-colorama
poetry add types-colorama

## Installing types-colorama

Before you install: Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. Actively maintained as part of typeshed; last commit 2026-08-14.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most projects without restriction.

Quickstart:

pip install types-colorama

# Then use with your type checker in pyproject.toml or similar configuration
# mypy and pyright will automatically discover the stubs when colorama is imported

Requires Python 3.10 or later.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this package is automatically discovered by type checkers or requires explicit configuration
- Coverage completeness for all colorama 0.4.* APIs beyond testing with mypy 1.20.0 and pyright 1.1.408

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 2.6M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

colorama type stubs, type hints for colorama, colorama typing support, static type checking colorama, mypy colorama annotations, pyright colorama types, terminal color type checking, type-stubs, type-checking

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