davinci-resolve-checker 0.1.0

Check system configuration for DaVinci Resolve compatibility on Arch-based Linux

davinci-resolve-checker

Check system configuration and hardware compatibility for running DaVinci Resolve on Arch-based Linux distributions.

Supports Arch Linux, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Manjaro, and Garuda.

Installation

# Install uv first on Arch-based systems
sudo pacman -S uv

# Then install the checker from PyPI
uv tool install davinci-resolve-checker

# Or run it without installing
uvx davinci-resolve-checker

If you do not want to install uv from pacman, see the official uv installation docs.

For the most complete diagnostics, make sure these system utilities are available:

sudo pacman -S expac clinfo mesa-utils pciutils

Usage

# Run all checks
davinci-resolve-checker

# Check AMD Pro stack compatibility
davinci-resolve-checker --pro

# Machine-readable JSON output
davinci-resolve-checker --json

# Stop after the first failing result
davinci-resolve-checker --fail-fast

Flags

Flag	Description
--pro	Check for AMD proprietary stack compatibility
--fail-fast	Stop after the first failing result
--json	Machine-readable JSON output

Shell Completions

# Install completions for your current shell (bash, zsh, or fish)
davinci-resolve-checker --install-completion

This auto-detects your shell and adds the completion script to your RC file. Restart your shell or source the RC file to activate.

Exit Codes

• 0 — all checks pass
• 1 — at least one check failed

Development

git clone https://github.com/mordor-forge/davinci-resolve-checker.git
cd davinci-resolve-checker
uv sync
uv run pytest -v

Run the full test matrix

uvx --with tox-uv tox

Lint

uv run ruff check src/ tests/
uv run ruff format --check src/ tests/

Credits

This project is a ground-up rewrite of Ashark/davinci-resolve-checker. The check logic, GPU codename lists, and OpenCL detection heuristics are derived from the original work.

License

GPL-3.0