ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tlslite'

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tlslite'

TL;DR: the maintained distribution is called tlslite-ng, not tlslite. Run pip install tlslite-ng and the import works.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tlslite'

The fix

pip uninstall -y tlslite
pip install tlslite-ng

Verify:

python -c "import tlslite; print('ok')"

Expected output: ok.

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When this applies

• Code importing tlslite directly or via libraries that use it for TLS.
• You ran pip install tlslite and got the dead original.
• Old security-tooling dependencies.

When it does NOT apply

• TLS handshake or cipher errors after the import works.
• Modern TLS needs, where the stdlib ssl module is usually the better choice.

Why this happens

tlslite-ng is a fork that kept the module name but took a new distribution name, and the original tlslite was abandoned. pip installs exactly what you name, so the obvious guess gets you the dead package. Always check which fork is maintained before installing old crypto libraries.

Compatibility

tlslite-ng 0.8+ on Python 3.6+. Pure Python with optional crypto backends.

The module is tlslite but the maintained distribution is tlslite-ng; the original tlslite on PyPI is dead. The tlslite-ng project page documents pip install tlslite-ng as the install command and notes it provides the tlslite package. Installing the dead tlslite distribution gives an ancient version that breaks on modern Python, so the fix is making sure tlslite-ng is what gets installed.