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Pyright vs Sorbet: What are the differences?
What is Pyright? Static type checker for the Python language by Microsoft. Typically 5x or more faster than mypy and other type checkers that are written in Python. It is meant for large Python source bases. It can run in a “watch” mode and performs fast incremental updates when files are modified.
What is Sorbet? *A powerful type checker designed for Ruby *. It is 100% compatible with Ruby. It type checks normal method definitions, and introduces backwards-compatible syntax for method signatures. Explicit method signatures make it useful for anyone reading the code. Type annotations serve as a tool for understanding long after they're written.
Pyright and Sorbet can be categorized as "Static Type Checkers" tools.
Pyright and Sorbet are both open source tools. Pyright with 4.28K GitHub stars and 141 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Sorbet with 1.56K GitHub stars and 79 GitHub forks.