17. Packages

The SiliconCompiler Schema includes built in support for project packaging and distribution through the ['package', ...] dictionary group. Modern programming languages like JavaScript and Rust have shown the importance of treating package management as a first class object rather than as an after thought. There is no reason we can’t do the same thing in hardware.

The table below includes a summary of all package parameters.

parameter	description
depgraph	See Schema
name	Package: name
version	Package: version
description	Package: description
keyword	Package: keyword
homepage	Package: project homepage
doc	See Schema
repo	Package: code repository
dependency	See Schema
target	Package: qualified targets
license	Package: license identifiers
licensefile	Package: license files
location	Package: location
organization	Package: sponsoring organization
publickey	Package: public key
author	See Schema