# 使用 Homebrew 安装 archey4

查看 archey4 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:archey4
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install archey4
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:archey4
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 4.15.0.0
- **来源摘要:** Simple system information tool written in Python
- **主页:** <https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/archey4>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- archey (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 4.15.0.0
## 项目历史与用法

Archey 4 is a maintained Python fork of the Archey system-information command, in the same terminal-flexing family as screenfetch and neofetch.

### 项目历史

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.

### 采用历史

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.

### 使用方式

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.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

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.

### 时间线

- 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.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/HorlogeSkynet/archey4>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/HorlogeSkynet/archey4/releases>
- <https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/archey4>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- 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

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/archey4.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/archey4.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph