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GObject-Introspection

GObject introspection is a middleware layer between C libraries (using GObject) and language bindings. The C library can be scanned at compile time and generate a metadata file, in addition to the actual native C library. Then at runtime, language bindings can read this metadata and automatically provide bindings to call into the C library.

homepage: https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Available installations

GObject-Introspection version Supported CPU targets Supported GPU targets EESSI version Module
1.74.0 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2023.06 GObject-Introspection/1.74.0-GCCcore-12.2.0
1.76.1 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2023.06 GObject-Introspection/1.76.1-GCCcore-12.3.0
1.78.1 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2023.06 GObject-Introspection/1.78.1-GCCcore-13.2.0
1.80.1 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2025.06 GObject-Introspection/1.80.1-GCCcore-13.3.0
1.84.0 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2025.06 GObject-Introspection/1.84.0-GCCcore-14.2.0
1.84.0 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2025.06 GObject-Introspection/1.84.0-GCCcore-14.3.0