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types-maya

External type annotations for Autodesk Maya Python API

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Provide stubs for language servers such a Pyright or ty.

Installation

Install with pip or uv pip.

pip install types-maya

Stubs status

• maya.api.*: maintained manually and will likely remain incomplete for some time. Stubs are written from the Maya 2025 Reference.
• maya.cmds: generated from Maya Commands documentation using cmdsgen.
• maya.OpenMaya*: not something I'm focusing on, but contributions are welcome.

Import name	Status
maya.api.OpenMaya	🟠 Incomplete (~45%)
maya.api.OpenMayaAnim	🟠 Unannotated
maya.api.OpenMayaRender	🟠 Incomplete (~12%)
maya.api.OpenMayaUI	🟠 Unannotated
maya.cmds	🟢 Complete
maya.mel	🟢 Complete
maya.standalone	🟢 Complete
maya.OpenMaya	🔴 Not Covered
maya.OpenMayaAnim	🔴 Not Covered
maya.OpenMayaFX	🔴 Not Covered
maya.OpenMayaMPx	🔴 Not Covered
maya.OpenMayaRender	🔴 Not Covered
maya.OpenMayaUI	🔴 Not Covered

Notes

Annotated is used to add context to some annotations. Some examples:

A sequence of 16 floats.

Annotated[Sequence[float], "[16]"]

A sequence of 4 sequences of 4 floats.

Annotated[Sequence[Sequence[float]], "[4[4]]"]

A sequence of 1 to 6 floats.

Annotated[Sequence[MArgType], "[1..6]"],

A list of 4 int, the x, y, x and w axis.

Annotated[list[int], "[x, y, z, w]"]

Deprecated property.

Annotated[Literal[5], "deprecated"]

Contributing

Contributions of any kind are welcome. Please open an issue or open a merge request.

Alternatives

• maya-stubs: PyPI • GitHub
• types-maya-strict: PyPI • GitHub