# pe-machine-type

> Get the CPU type of a Windows executable, cross-platform

Latest version **1.0.0** (published 2016-12-19) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install pe-machine-type
pnpm add pe-machine-type
yarn add pe-machine-type
bun add pe-machine-type
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Published | 2016-12-19 |
| First published | 2016-12-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=4.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1 |
| Author | Vincent Weevers |
| Maintainers | vweevers |
| Keywords | exe, executable, pe, pe-coff, portable-executable, windows |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pe-machine-type
- Repository: https://github.com/vweevers/pe-machine-type
- Issues: https://github.com/vweevers/pe-machine-type/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/pe-machine-type

## Dependencies (1)

- [pe-coff](https://npm.io/package/pe-coff.md) ~1.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.0 (latest) — 2016-12-19

## README

# pe-machine-type

**Get the CPU type of a Windows executable, cross-platform.**

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## example

```js
const mt = require('pe-machine-type')

mt('chrome.exe', function (err, type) {
  console.log(type) // 'amd64'
})
```

## `mt(mixed, callback)`

Where `mixed` is either a filename or a file descriptor.

## types

| type      | description  |
| --------- | ------------ |
| unknown   | The contents of this field are assumed to be applicable to any machine type |
| am33      | Matsushita AM33 |
| amd64     | x64 |
| arm       | ARM little endian |
| armnt     | ARM Thumb-2 little endian |
| ebc       | EFI byte code |
| i386      | Intel 386 or later processors and compatible processors |
| ia64      | Intel Itanium processor family |
| m32r      | Mitsubishi M32R little endian |
| mips16    | MIPS16 |
| mipsfpu   | MIPS with FPU |
| mipsfpu16 | MIPS16 with FPU |
| powerpc   | Power PC little endian |
| powerpcfp | Power PC with floating point support |
| r4000     | MIPS little endian |
| riscv32   | RISC-V 32-bit address space |
| riscv64   | RISC-V 64-bit address space |
| riscv128  | RISC-V 128-bit address space |
| sh3       | Hitachi SH3 |
| sh3dsp    | Hitachi SH3 DSP |
| sh4       | Hitachi SH4 |
| sh5       | Hitachi SH5 |
| thumb     | Thumb |
| wcemipsv2 | MIPS little-endian WCE v2 |

As specified by [Microsoft PE and COFF Specification 9.3](https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/pecoff_v83.docx) <sup>[doc]</sup>, section 3.3.1.

## related

- [pe-coff](https://github.com/vweevers/pe-coff])
- [pe-machine-type-descriptor](https://github.com/vweevers/pe-machine-type-descriptor])
- [pe-signature](https://github.com/vweevers/pe-signature)
- [pe-signature-offset](https://github.com/vweevers/pe-signature-offset)

## install

With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:

```
npm install pe-machine-type
```

## license

[MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) © Vincent Weevers

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