# typings/typings

*DEPRECATED* The TypeScript Definition Manager

Repository: https://github.com/typings/typings
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/typings
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: typescript, typings, types, javascript, definition, management
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-01-05T06:14:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3970, "days_push": 971, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3358, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:58.002970+00:00)

## What it is
Typings is a CLI package manager for installing and managing TypeScript type definition files. It is deprecated in favor of npm's @types packages introduced with TypeScript 2.0.

## Use cases
- install typescript type definitions for a library
- manage .d.ts files for a typescript project
- search for typescript typings by name
- install typings from a specific github commit
- pin type definition versions in typings.json

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy TypeScript 1.x project that already uses typings.json
- you need a definition only available through the typings registry and not on npm @types

## When to avoid
- starting any new TypeScript project - use npm install @types/<package> instead
- you are on TypeScript 2.0 or later, where @types is the official mechanism
- you want actively maintained tooling - the project is deprecated

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, cli, type-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: typescript, type-definitions, deprecated, definitelytyped, npm, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- typings/typings (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:58.002970+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:40:54.544188+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/typings/typings (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:58.002970+00:00, sha 37c88f4b464f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/typings (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:01.403720+00:00, sha 52ce0b26cdab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.