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-# Archspec (Rust bindings)
+# archspec-rs
 
-Archspec provides standardized human-readable labels for aspects and capabilities of a system with functions to query and compare them.
+[![Crates.io][crates-badge]][crates-url]
+![License][license-badge]
+[![Build Status][build-badge]][build]
+[![Project Chat][chat-badge]][chat-url]
+[![docs][docs-badge]][docs-url]
 
-The original bindings in Python can be found at https://github.com/archspec/archspec and exposes a similar API but with some constructs adapted to a more ergonomic Rust style.
+[license-badge]: https://img.shields.io/crates/l/archspec?style=flat-square
+[build-badge]: https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/prefix-dev/archspec-rs/rust-compile.yml?style=flat-square&branch=main
+[build]: https://github.com/mamba-org/prefix-dev/archspec-rs
+[chat-badge]: https://img.shields.io/discord/1082332781146800168.svg?label=&logo=discord&logoColor=ffffff&color=7389D8&labelColor=6A7EC2&style=flat-square
+[chat-url]: https://discord.gg/kKV8ZxyzY4
+[docs-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-main-yellow.svg?style=flat-square
+[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/archspec
+[crates-badge]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/archspec.svg?style=flat-square
+[crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/archspec
+
+An implementation of [archspec](https://github.com/archspec/archspec) in Rust.
+
+Archspec aims at providing a standard set of human-understandable labels for various aspects of a system architecture like CPU, network fabrics, etc. and APIs to detect, query and compare them.
+
+The original archspec project grew out of [Spack](https://spack.io/) and is currently under active development. 
+At present it supports APIs to detect and model compatibility relationships among different CPU microarchitectures.
 
 ## License
 
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 Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
 for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any
-additional terms or conditions.
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+additional terms or conditions.