pe-machine-type

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

example

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 ^[doc], section 3.3.1.

related

• pe-coff
• pe-machine-type-descriptor
• pe-signature
• pe-signature-offset

install

With npm do:

npm install pe-machine-type

license

MIT © Vincent Weevers