# basedpyright

9 Hacker News commenters recommended basedpyright and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A stricter, faster fork of Pyright that people praise for careful typing and quick feedback. Critics find its type errors annoying and say it can be counterproductive or hard to use with AI-generated code.

## Why people recommend it

- Generally praised as an excellent tool (3 comments): "which is just generally an amazing tool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46858875)) "basedpyright is awesome and super fast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356388)) "Basedpyright is really good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514075))
- Improves on standard Pyright (2 comments): "Better than Jedi / Windsurf Pyright (at least in the import area which was frustrating me)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042247)) "which improves on it further" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295603))
- Fast type checking (2 comments): "basedpyright is awesome and super fast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356388)) "The typecheking phase went from ~3/4s to 0.5s" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48132112))

## What people warn about

- Counterproductive or unusable for some (2 comments): "basedpyright was very counterproductive for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46296714)) "makes it pretty much unusable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252115))
- Strict errors feel annoying (2 comments): "Basedpyright plus any AI generated python is a hellscape unless you use hooks and have a lot of patience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46296700)) "it's annoying about type errors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499800))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ty Python type checker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ty.md): 74 recommend
- [mypy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mypy.md): 34 recommend
- [Pyright](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pyright.md): 31 recommend
- [Pyrefly](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pyrefly.md): 28 recommend
- [Zuban](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zuban.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "basedpyright", https://hackerapproved.com/p/basedpyright/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).