# Install archey4 with Homebrew Simple system information tool written in Python. Version 4.15.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:archey4 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install archey4 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:archey4 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.15.0.0 - **Source summary:** Simple system information tool written in Python - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - archey (cli) - archey (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.15.0.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/archey4 - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Archey 4 is a maintained Python fork of the Archey system-information command, in the same terminal-flexing family as screenfetch and neofetch. ### Project history The repository was created on 2017-04-27 and its README says that it remains a fork of djmelik's original Archey project, even though it was detached from the original GitHub fork network on 2017-09-21 with GitHub staff help. That makes the project history unusually transparent: Archey 4 exists to keep a familiar lightweight system-info tool maintained rather than to invent a new category. The project kept the old one-command terminal identity but turned it into a Python package with optional standalone builds, JSON output, custom entries, broad Unix-like platform support, and external configuration added in v4.3.0. ### Adoption history Official packaging instructions name GitHub release packages, PyPI, AUR, Homebrew, and FreeBSD ports. The README badges also track PyPI, AUR, Homebrew, and GitHub release/download signals, showing that the tool is meant to be consumed through package managers rather than only cloned from source. For package users, Archey 4 is a classic low-risk utility: it has one executable, simple Python dependencies, and optional config paths that follow Unix conventions. That makes it easy to package and easy for users to compare across systems. ### How it is used The command is `archey`; it prints system information and can be invoked directly or as `python3 -m archey` from source. The README documents optional helpers such as `procps`, `dnsutils`, `lm-sensors`, `pciutils`, and macOS temperature tools for richer output. Configuration is optional and searched in `/etc/archey4/config.json`, `~/.config/archey4/config.json`, and `./config.json`, with later local/user files overriding broader defaults unless configured otherwise. ### Why package nerds care Archey 4 is significant less because it is large and more because it represents the maintained-fork lifecycle of terminal culture tools: small utility, abandoned ancestor, distro/user demand, and a fork that packages cleanly across ecosystems. Its config search order and package list are also a neat example of a Python CLI that behaves like a native Unix utility. ### Timeline - 2017-04-27: GitHub repository created. - 2017-05-05: First GitHub release in the releases API, v4.0.0. - 2017-09-21: README notes the repository was detached from the original fork network while remaining a fork. - 2024-09-30: Latest GitHub release observed for this batch, v4.15.0.0. ### Related projects - The README names djmelik's original Archey as the upstream project. - It occupies the same practical niche as other terminal system information display tools, but the official sources focus on Archey lineage rather than those neighboring projects. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/archey4/config.json, ~/.config/archey4/config.json, ./config.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** archey4 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cpufetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cpufetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, system-info. - [screenfetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/screenfetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, system-info. - [abduco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abduco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [acl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [acpica](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acpica/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [afio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [afsctool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afsctool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [afuse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afuse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [hyfetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyfetch/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, info, information, python, python-3-14. - [archgw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/archgw/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, python, python-3-14, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/archey4.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/archey4.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph