# archlinux/archinstall

Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc.

Repository: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/archinstall
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: arch-installer, arch, linux, archlinux, archlinux-installer, python3, installer, arch-linux, iso, archinstall
Last push: 2026-08-24T21:21:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3071, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 66, "gap_med": 22.5, "n_releases_24m": 21}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8394, forks 768 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:20.855596+00:00)

## What it is
A guided and automated installer for Arch Linux that can run interactively or from declarative JSON configuration files and templates. It also doubles as a Python library for programmatically installing Arch Linux and managing packages, services, and other aspects of the installed system.

## Use cases
- install arch linux with a guided menu-driven installer
- automate arch linux installation from a json config file
- script arch linux system provisioning from a live iso
- use a python library to install packages and manage services on arch
- set up disk partitioning and bootloader automatically during install
- reproducibly deploy arch linux across multiple machines

## When to choose
- you want to install Arch Linux without manually following the wiki step by step
- you need repeatable, declarative Arch installations via config files or URLs
- you want to automate system setup programmatically from Python on a live medium

## When to avoid
- you are installing a different distribution than Arch Linux
- you need a graphical installer with a GUI
- you want full manual control over every installation step (use the traditional manual install instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, configuration-management, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems
- platform: python, cli
- tags: arch-linux, installer, guided-installation, live-iso, system-provisioning, python-library, automation, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- archlinux/archinstall (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.855596+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:27:19.524337+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.855596+00:00, sha 7c74e3eac4cd)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/archinstall/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:13.188481+00:00, sha c1515fc52ac2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.