Python library for loading and saving to MATLAB .mat files with support for MATLAB objects and classdef-based datatypes

Is foreverallama/matio beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, foreverallama/matio merged 30 of 42 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
17
Forks
2
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
7
Avg merge
1d 1h
Merged PRs (30d)
34
Dominant language
Python
License
BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push
Oct 10, 2026
Latest indexed
Oct 10, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
help wanted

How to contribute to foreverallama/matio

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's BSD-3-Clause license.
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