Alternatives to pyright
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. pyright itself: install pyright.
mypy
Optional static typing for Python
zsh-autocomplete
🤖 Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion
magic_enum
Static reflection for enums (to string, from string, iteration) for modern C++, work with any enum type without any macro or boilerplate code
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
pyenv
Simple Python version management
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
shellcheck
ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts
poetry
Python packaging and dependency management made easy
pipenv
Python Development Workflow for Humans
pybind11
Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
py-spy
Sampling profiler for Python programs
pipx
Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments
lefthook
Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
wstunnel
Tunnel all your traffic over Websocket or HTTP2 - Bypass firewalls/DPI - Static binary available
pyenv-virtualenv
a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)
pyoxidizer
A modern Python application packaging and distribution tool
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
maturin
Build and publish crates with pyo3, cffi and uniffi bindings as well as rust binaries as python packages
credo
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching
autorest
OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) Specification code generator. Supports C#, PowerShell, Go, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
autopep8
A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide
jet
Type safe SQL builder with code generation and automatic query result data mapping
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than pyright — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
pyright is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.