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The 'arch' npm package is a simple utility that allows you to detect the architecture of the processor on which the Node.js process is running. It can be used to determine whether the system is running on a 32-bit or a 64-bit architecture, which can be useful for conditional logic based on system architecture, such as choosing the correct binary to execute or the right dependency to install.
Detecting processor architecture
This feature allows you to detect the architecture of the processor. The 'arch()' function returns a string indicating the architecture, such as 'x64' for 64-bit or 'x86' for 32-bit systems.
"use strict";
const arch = require('arch');
console.log(arch()); // 'x64' or 'x86' depending on the system architecture
The 'os' package is a core Node.js module that provides operating system-related utility methods. It includes the 'os.arch()' method, which can be used to get the operating system CPU architecture, similar to what 'arch' provides. However, 'os' is more comprehensive as it offers additional information about the system, such as platform, release, and uptime.
The 'systeminformation' package provides detailed information about the system hardware and software. It includes functionality to determine the system architecture, but it goes much further by offering a wide range of system insights, such as CPU load, memory usage, disk layout, network interfaces, and more. It is more feature-rich compared to 'arch', which focuses solely on detecting the processor architecture.
Arch is an attempt at a toolkit-framework.
Arch exposes a set of tools
That can be used together to build web applications.
Annotated Source code coming soon!
Creates a new HTTP Server with Stack being used to handle http requests. The new stack will be exposed as this.stack
A stack-style function that can be used to handle errors in combination with stack.
stack.use(Arch.error());
A static file router that can be used with stack
stack.use(Arch.static(__dirname + "/public"));
Loads a folder of resources and passes the instance of rest to them.
FAQs
Better `os.arch()` for node and the browser -- detect OS architecture
The npm package arch receives a total of 6,788,472 weekly downloads. As such, arch popularity was classified as popular.
We found that arch demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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