diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 74be4618..365a86c6 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export default defineConfig([
           autoFix: true,
           cspell: {
             words: [
+              'loong',
+              'riscv',
               'evanwashere',
               'fastly',
               'IsHTMLDDA',
diff --git a/src/platform.ts b/src/platform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9d2bdb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { GetPlatformMetricsOptions, Machine, OS, PlatformMetrics } from './types.js'
+import { runtime as jsRuntime, type JSRuntime } from './utils.js'
+
+const loadNodeOS = async (jsRuntime: JSRuntime, g: typeof globalThis = globalThis) => {
+  return ['bun', 'deno', 'node'].includes(jsRuntime)
+    ? await import('node:os')
+    : {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+        cpus: typeof g.navigator?.hardwareConcurrency === 'number'
+          ? () => {
+              return Array
+                .from(
+                  { length: (g.navigator as unknown as { hardwareConcurrency: number }).hardwareConcurrency },
+                  () => ({ model: 'unknown', speed: -1 })
+                )
+            }
+          : () => ([]),
+        freemem: () => -1,
+        getPriority: () => -1,
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition, @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated
+        machine: typeof g.navigator?.platform === 'string'
+          ? () => normalizeMachine(g.navigator.platform.split(' ')[1]) // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated
+          : () => 'unknown',
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition, @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated
+        platform: typeof g.navigator?.platform === 'string'
+          ? () => normalizeMachine(g.navigator.platform.split(' ')[0]) // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated
+          : () => 'unknown',
+        release: () => 'unknown',
+        totalmem: typeof (g as unknown as { navigator?: { deviceMemory: number } }).navigator?.deviceMemory === 'number'
+          ? () => (g as unknown as { navigator: { deviceMemory: number } }).navigator.deviceMemory * 2 ** 30
+          : () => -1,
+      }
+}
+
+/* eslint-disable */
+const machineLookup: { [key: string]: Machine } = {
+  // @ts-ignore __proto__ makes the object null-prototyped and sets it in dictionary mode
+  __proto__: null,
+  ia32: "x32",
+  amd64: "x64",
+  x86_64: "x64",
+}
+/* eslint-enable */
+
+/**
+ * @param machine - a value to normalize
+ * @returns normalized architecture
+ */
+export function normalizeMachine (machine?: unknown): Machine {
+  return typeof machine !== 'string' || machine.length === 0
+    ? 'unknown'
+    : ((machine = machine.toLowerCase()) && (machineLookup[machine as Machine] ?? machine)) as Machine
+}
+
+const osLookup: Record<Lowercase<string>, OS> = {
+  // @ts-expect-error __proto__ makes the object null-prototyped and sets it in dictionary mode
+  __proto__: null,
+  windows: 'win32',
+}
+
+let cachedPlatformMetrics: null | PlatformMetrics = null
+
+/**
+ * @param opts - Options object
+ * @returns platform metrics
+ */
+export async function getPlatformMetrics (opts: GetPlatformMetricsOptions = {}): Promise<PlatformMetrics> {
+  const {
+    g = globalThis,
+    runtime = jsRuntime,
+    useCache = true
+  } = opts
+  if (useCache && cachedPlatformMetrics !== null) {
+    return cachedPlatformMetrics
+  }
+  const userAgent = (g as unknown as { navigator?: { userAgent: string } }).navigator?.userAgent ?? ''
+
+  let cpuCores = -1
+  let cpuModel = 'unknown'
+  let cpuSpeed = -1
+  let osKernel = 'unknown'
+  let osType: OS = 'unknown'
+  let cpuMachine: Machine = 'unknown'
+  let priority: null | number = -1
+  let memoryTotal = -1
+  let memoryFree = -1
+
+  const nodeOs = await loadNodeOS(runtime, g)
+
+  try {
+    osType = normalizeOSType(nodeOs.platform())
+    cpuMachine = normalizeMachine(nodeOs.machine())
+    osKernel = nodeOs.release()
+    memoryTotal = nodeOs.totalmem()
+    memoryFree = nodeOs.freemem()
+    priority = nodeOs.getPriority()
+
+    cpuCores = nodeOs.cpus().length
+    if (cpuCores > 0) {
+      cpuModel = (nodeOs as unknown as { cpus: () => [{ model: string }, ...{ model: string }[]] }).cpus()[0].model
+      cpuSpeed = (nodeOs as unknown as { cpus: () => [{ speed: number }, ...{ speed: number }[]] }).cpus()[0].speed
+    }
+  } catch { /* ignore */ }
+
+  return (cachedPlatformMetrics = {
+    cpuCores,
+    cpuMachine,
+    cpuModel,
+    cpuSpeed,
+    memoryFree,
+    memoryTotal,
+    osKernel,
+    osType,
+    priority,
+    runtime,
+    userAgent
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param os - a value to normalize
+ * @returns normalized OS
+ */
+export function normalizeOSType (os?: unknown): OS {
+  return typeof os !== 'string' || os.length === 0
+    ? 'unknown'
+    : ((os = os.toLowerCase()) && (osLookup[os as OS] ?? os)) as OS
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index c8be4679..0c588aae 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ export interface FnReturnedObject {
   overriddenDuration?: number
 }
 
+export interface GetPlatformMetricsOptions {
+  g?: typeof globalThis;
+  runtime?: JSRuntime;
+  useCache?: boolean;
+}
+
 /**
  * The hook function signature.
  * If warmup is enabled, the hook will be called twice, once for the warmup and once for the run.
@@ -243,6 +249,34 @@ export type Hook = (
   mode?: 'run' | 'warmup'
 ) => Promise<void> | void
 
+export type Machine = (Lowercase<string> & Record<never, never>) | (
+  | 'arm64'
+  | 'arm'
+  | 'i686'
+  | 'ia32'
+  | 'loong64'
+  | 'mips64'
+  | 'mips'
+  | 'ppc64'
+  | 'riscv64'
+  | 's390x'
+  | 'x86_64')
+
+export type OS = (Lowercase<string> & Record<never, never>) | (
+  | 'aix'
+  | 'android'
+  | 'cygwin'
+  | 'darwin'
+  | 'freebsd'
+  | 'haiku'
+  | 'linux'
+  | 'netbsd'
+  | 'openbsd'
+  | 'sunos'
+  | 'win32')
+
+export type PlatformMetrics = PlatformMetricsBase | PlatformMetricsBrowser | PlatformMetricsNodeLike
+
 // @types/node doesn't have these types globally, and we don't want to bring "dom" lib for everyone
 export type RemoveEventListenerOptionsArgument = Parameters<
   typeof EventTarget.prototype.removeEventListener
@@ -451,3 +485,34 @@ export interface TaskResultWithStatistics {
 type Concurrency = 'bench' | 'task' | null
 
 type NowFn = () => number
+
+interface PlatformMetricsBase {
+  cpuMachine: Machine;
+  memoryFree: number;
+  memoryTotal: number;
+  osType: OS;
+  runtime: Omit<JSRuntime, 'browser' | 'bun' | 'deno' | 'node'>;
+  userAgent: string;
+}
+
+interface PlatformMetricsBrowser {
+  cpuMachine: Machine;
+  memoryFree: number;
+  memoryTotal: number;
+  osType: OS;
+  runtime: Extract<JSRuntime, 'browser'>;
+  userAgent: string;
+}
+
+interface PlatformMetricsNodeLike {
+  cpuCores: number;
+  cpuMachine: Machine;
+  cpuModel: string;
+  cpuSpeed: number;
+  memoryFree: number;
+  memoryTotal: number;
+  osKernel: string;
+  osType: OS;
+  priority: null | number;
+  runtime: Extract<JSRuntime, 'bun' | 'deno' | 'node'>
+}
diff --git a/test/platform-metrics.test.ts b/test/platform-metrics.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e2cea71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/platform-metrics.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { getPlatformMetrics } from '../src/platform'
+
+test('platform metrics', async () => {
+  const metrics = await getPlatformMetrics({ useCache: false })
+  expect(metrics).toHaveProperty('osType')
+  expect(metrics).toHaveProperty('cpuMachine')
+})
diff --git a/test/platform-normalize-arch.test.ts b/test/platform-normalize-arch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21fb0c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/platform-normalize-arch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { normalizeMachine } from '../src/platform'
+
+test('normalizeArch with non string value returns unknown', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine(undefined)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine(123)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine(null)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine({})).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine([])).toBe('unknown')
+})
+
+test('normalizeArch', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine('arm')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('arm64')).toBe('arm64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ia32')).toBe('x32')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('loong64')).toBe('loong64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('mips')).toBe('mips')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('mipsel')).toBe('mipsel')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ppc64')).toBe('ppc64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('riscv64')).toBe('riscv64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('s390x')).toBe('s390x')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('x64')).toBe('x64')
+})
+
+test('normalizeArch with alternative values', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ia32')).toBe('x32')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('amd64')).toBe('x64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('x86')).toBe('x86')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('x86_64')).toBe('x64')
+})
+
+test('normalizeArch returns lowercase', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ARM')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('AARCH64')).toBe('aarch64')
+})
diff --git a/test/platform-normalize-os.test.ts b/test/platform-normalize-os.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..588cd1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/platform-normalize-os.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { normalizeOSType } from '../src/platform'
+
+test('normalizeOS with non string value returns unknown', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType(undefined)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType(123)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType(null)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType({})).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType([])).toBe('unknown')
+})
+
+test('normalizeOS defaults provided by node', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType('aix')).toBe('aix')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('android')).toBe('android')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('darwin')).toBe('darwin')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('freebsd')).toBe('freebsd')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('haiku')).toBe('haiku')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('linux')).toBe('linux')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('openbsd')).toBe('openbsd')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('sunos')).toBe('sunos')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('win32')).toBe('win32')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('cygwin')).toBe('cygwin')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('netbsd')).toBe('netbsd')
+})
+
+test('normalizeOS returns lowercase', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Linux')).toBe('linux')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('SunOS')).toBe('sunos')
+})
+
+test('normalizeOS with alternative Windows values', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Windows')).toBe('win32')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Win16')).toBe('win16')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Win32')).toBe('win32')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('WinCE')).toBe('wince')
+})