{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/9"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Archspec provides APIs to detect, query, and compare CPU microarchitectures and other system architecture aspects using human-readable labels.","skillfed_tags":["cpu-architecture","hardware-detection","compatibility-checking"],"use_cases":["Detect the CPU microarchitecture of a system to select optimized binaries or build flags","Compare microarchitectures to determine if a pre-built binary is compatible with a target system","Model CPU compatibility chains in package managers to avoid installing incompatible optimized builds","Query architecture metadata for system profiling or hardware inventory tools","Reason about CPU feature sets and generations for compiler optimization decisions"],"what_it_does":"Archspec is a Python library that provides standardized, human-readable labels for system architecture components\u2014primarily CPU microarchitectures\u2014and APIs to detect, query, and reason about compatibility relationships between them. It grew out of Spack and exposes functionality to identify what CPU architecture a system has, compare microarchitectures for compatibility, and model relationships between different CPU families and generations.\n\nThe library has no runtime dependencies and installs cleanly on Python 3.6 and later. It is actively maintained and suitable for integration into package managers, build systems, or any tool that needs to understand and work with CPU architecture compatibility. While still in Alpha, it has been in development since 2020-02-02 and is used in production contexts.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need CPU microarchitecture detection and compatibility reasoning. Low install friction, no dependencies, permissive dual licensing (Apache-2.0 OR MIT), and active maintenance make it a safe choice. Alpha status means the API may evolve, but the library is already in production use. Not needed if your tool doesn't care about CPU-level compatibility or microarchitecture details."},"id":"archspec","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/archspec","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/archspec.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/archspec/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-05-14","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"archspec","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A library to query system architecture"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":348378,"position":7342,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.2.6"}