install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pyright

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install pyright

MacPorts ports tree · devel/pyright/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#pyright

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/py/pyright/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S pyright

Arch Linux sync databases · pyright · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Static type checker for Python

Project links

Commands and aliases

pyright
pyright-langserver

history

Project history and usage

Pyright is Microsoft’s high-performance static type checker and language server for Python.

Project history

Microsoft developed Pyright as a fast, standards-based static type checker for Python. The public project emerged in 2019 and was designed around Python’s gradual type system, incremental analysis, and large codebases.

Adoption history

Pyright gained adoption as both a command-line checker and a language-server implementation. Its performance-oriented design suits large source trees, while integration into Microsoft’s Pylance extension made the same analysis engine familiar in editor workflows.

How it is used

Projects run `pyright` to detect type errors without executing Python code or start `pyright-langserver` from an LSP-compatible editor. Configuration belongs in a project-root `pyrightconfig.json` or the `[tool.pyright]` table of `pyproject.toml`; the JSON file takes precedence when both exist.

Why package nerds care

Pyright is a prominent example of Python tooling distributed through the Node.js ecosystem as well as native operating-system packages. Its separate CLI and language-server executables let maintainers use the same analyzer in editors, local checks, and continuous integration.

Timeline

2019: Pyright’s public project and release line began.
Current: Pyright is distributed as a CLI and language server and supplies type-checking functionality used by Pylance.

Related projects

Pylance uses Pyright’s type-checking functionality in Visual Studio Code.
Typeshed supplies standard-library and third-party type stubs consumed by Pyright.
mypy and ty are alternative standalone Python type checkers.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: pyrightconfig.jsonpyproject.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`pyright`	cli	global executable
`pyright-langserver`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04

manager version1.1.414

manager updated2026-09-11

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/microsoft/pyright

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/microsoft/pyrightnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pyright
Version	1.1.414
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pyright
Homepage	https://github.com/microsoft/pyright
Repository	https://github.com/microsoft/pyright
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/pyright/-/pyright-1.1.414.tgz
Last updated	2026-09-11T02:29:56Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pyright
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

pyright

nix profile install nixpkgs#pyright

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pyright

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/py/pyright/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

pyright 1.1.412-1

Type checker for the Python language

https://microsoft.github.io/pyright

sudo pacman -S pyright

License: MIT
Architecture: any
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pyright

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: pyright from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

pyright

sudo port install pyright

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pyright

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/pyright/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pyright.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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