diff --git a/libcxx/utils/generate_abi_list.py b/runtimes/utils/generate_abi_list.py
rename from libcxx/utils/generate_abi_list.py
rename to runtimes/utils/generate_abi_list.py
--- a/libcxx/utils/generate_abi_list.py
+++ b/runtimes/utils/generate_abi_list.py
@@ -8,44 +8,45 @@
 # ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
 
 import argparse
-import io
-import libcxx.sym_check.extract
-import libcxx.sym_check.util
-import pprint
+import json
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
+import sym_check
 
-def OutputFile(file):
-    if isinstance(file, io.IOBase):
-        return file
-    assert isinstance(file, str), "Got object {} which is not a str".format(file)
-    return open(file, "w", newline="\n")
 
-
-def main(argv):
+def main() -> int:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Extract a list of symbols from a shared library."
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "library", metavar="LIB", type=str, help="The library to extract symbols from."
+        "library", metavar="LIB", type=Path, help="The library to extract symbols from."
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-o",
         "--output",
         dest="output",
-        type=OutputFile,
-        default=sys.stdout,
-        help="The output file to write the symbols to. It is overwritten if it already exists. "
+        type=Path,
+        help="The output file to write the symbols to. It is overwritten if it already exists."
         "If no file is specified, the results are written to standard output.",
     )
-    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    symbols = libcxx.sym_check.extract.extract_symbols(args.library)
-    symbols, _ = libcxx.sym_check.util.filter_stdlib_symbols(symbols)
+    # extract symbols
+    symbols = sym_check.extract_symbols(args.library.resolve())
+    if symbols is None:
+        print("unable to extract symbols.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
 
-    lines = [pprint.pformat(sym, width=99999) for sym in symbols]
-    args.output.writelines("\n".join(sorted(lines)))
+    # output symbols
+    symbols_json = json.dumps(symbols, indent=4)
+    if args.output is None:
+        sys.stdout.writelines(symbols_json + "\n")
+    else:
+        with args.output.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as output:
+            output.writelines(symbols_json + "\n")
+    return 0
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(sys.argv[1:])
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/libcxx/utils/sym_diff.py b/runtimes/utils/get_sym_diff.py
rename from libcxx/utils/sym_diff.py
rename to runtimes/utils/get_sym_diff.py
--- a/libcxx/utils/sym_diff.py
+++ b/runtimes/utils/get_sym_diff.py
@@ -9,23 +9,17 @@
 """
 sym_diff - Compare two symbol lists and output the differences.
 """
-
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import argparse
 import sys
-from libcxx.sym_check import diff, util
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import sym_check
 
 
-def main():
-    parser = ArgumentParser(
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Extract a list of symbols from a shared library."
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--names-only",
-        dest="names_only",
-        help="Only print symbol names",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--removed-only",
         dest="removed_only",
@@ -33,13 +27,6 @@
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--only-stdlib-symbols",
-        dest="only_stdlib",
-        help="Filter all symbols not related to the stdlib",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--strict",
         dest="strict",
@@ -51,10 +38,9 @@
         "-o",
         "--output",
         dest="output",
-        help="The output file. stdout is used if not given",
-        type=str,
-        action="store",
-        default=None,
+        type=Path,
+        help="The output file to write the symbols to. It is overwritten if it already exists."
+        "If no file is specified, the results are written to standard output.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--demangle", dest="demangle", action="store_true", default=False
@@ -62,38 +48,41 @@
     parser.add_argument(
         "old_syms",
         metavar="old-syms",
-        type=str,
+        type=Path,
         help="The file containing the old symbol list or a library",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "new_syms",
         metavar="new-syms",
-        type=str,
+        type=Path,
         help="The file containing the new symbol list or a library",
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    old_syms_list = util.extract_or_load(args.old_syms)
-    new_syms_list = util.extract_or_load(args.new_syms)
+    old_symbols = sym_check.extract_symbols(args.old_syms)
+    if old_symbols is None:
+        print(f"Unable to extract symbols from {args.old_syms}.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
 
-    if args.only_stdlib:
-        old_syms_list, _ = util.filter_stdlib_symbols(old_syms_list)
-        new_syms_list, _ = util.filter_stdlib_symbols(new_syms_list)
+    new_symbols = sym_check.extract_symbols(args.new_syms)
+    if new_symbols is None:
+        print(f"Unable to extract symbols from {args.new_syms}.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
 
-    added, removed, changed = diff.diff(old_syms_list, new_syms_list)
-    if args.removed_only:
-        added = {}
-    report, is_break, is_different = diff.report_diff(
-        added, removed, changed, names_only=args.names_only, demangle=args.demangle
+    added, removed, changed = sym_check.diff(old_symbols, new_symbols)
+
+    diff_report, is_different = sym_check.report_diff(
+        added, removed, changed, args.removed_only, args.demangle  # type: ignore
     )
-    if args.output is None:
-        print(report)
+
+    if args.output:
+        with args.output.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(diff_report)
     else:
-        with open(args.output, "w") as f:
-            f.write(report + "\n")
-    exit_code = 1 if is_break or (args.strict and is_different) else 0
-    sys.exit(exit_code)
+        print(diff_report)
+
+    return 1 if is_different and args.strict else 0
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/ToolOutput.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/ToolOutput.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/ToolOutput.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolOutput:
+    returncode: int
+    command: List[str]
+    data: str
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/__init__.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+#
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+from sym_check.diff import (
+    added_symbols,
+    changed_symbols,
+    diff,
+    removed_symbols,
+    report_diff,
+)
+from sym_check.extract import SymbolExtractor, extract_symbols, load_symbols
+
+
+"""ABI symbol checker"""
+
+__author__ = "Ian Michael Francis"
+__email__ = "IanMichaelFrancis@outlook.com"
+__versioninfo__ = (1, 0, 0)
+__version__ = ".".join(str(v) for v in __versioninfo__)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "added_symbols",
+    "changed_symbols",
+    "diff",
+    "removed_symbols",
+    "report_diff",
+    "SymbolExtractor",
+    "extract_symbols",
+    "load_symbols",
+]
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/diff.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/diff.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/diff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# -*- Python -*- vim: set syntax=python tabstop=4 expandtab cc=80:
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+#
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from sym_check import utils
+from sym_check.utils import JSON
+
+
+def _symbol_difference(lhs: JSON, rhs: JSON) -> JSON:
+    lhs_names = set(((n["Name"], n["Type"]) for n in (x for x in lhs)))
+    rhs_names = set(((n["Name"], n["Type"]) for n in (x for x in rhs)))
+    diff_names = lhs_names - rhs_names
+    return [n for n in lhs if (n["Name"], n["Type"]) in diff_names]  # type: ignore
+
+
+def _find_by_key(sym_list: JSON, k: str) -> Optional[JSON]:
+    for sym in sym_list:
+        if sym["Name"] == k:
+            return sym
+    return None
+
+
+def added_symbols(old: JSON, new: JSON) -> List[JSON]:
+    return _symbol_difference(new, old)
+
+
+def removed_symbols(old: JSON, new: JSON) -> List[JSON]:
+    return _symbol_difference(old, new)
+
+
+def changed_symbols(old: JSON, new: JSON) -> List[Tuple[JSON, JSON]]:
+    changed: List[Tuple[JSON, JSON]] = []
+    for old_sym in old:
+        # symbol unchanged
+        if old_sym in new:
+            continue
+
+        new_sym = _find_by_key(new, old_sym["Name"])
+        if new_sym in old or new_sym in (None, old_sym):
+            assert isinstance(old_sym, JSON)
+            assert isinstance(new_sym, JSON)
+            changed.append((old_sym, new_sym))
+
+    return changed
+
+
+def diff(
+    old: JSON, new: JSON
+) -> Tuple[List[JSON], List[JSON], List[Tuple[JSON, JSON]]]:
+    added = added_symbols(old, new)
+    removed = removed_symbols(old, new)
+    changed = changed_symbols(old, new)
+    return added, removed, changed
+
+
+def report_diff(
+    added_syms: JSON,
+    removed_syms: JSON,
+    changed_syms: JSON,
+    removed_only: bool = False,
+    demangle: bool = True,
+) -> Tuple[str, bool]:
+    cppfilt: Optional[Path] = None
+    report = ""
+    if demangle is True:
+        _cppfilt: Optional[str] = shutil.which("c++filt")
+        if _cppfilt is not None:
+            cppfilt = Path(_cppfilt).resolve()
+        else:
+            report += "c++filt not found in PATH, skipping demangling.\n"
+
+    added_count, removed_count, changed_count = 0, 0, 0
+    if removed_only is False:
+        # check added symbols
+        if len(added_syms) > 0:
+            added_count = len(added_syms)
+            report += f"Symbols Added: {added_count}\n"
+            for sym in added_syms:
+                sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+                report += f"Added {sym}\n"
+
+        # check changed symbols
+        if len(changed_syms) > 0:
+            changed_count = len(changed_syms)
+            report += f"Symbols Changed: {changed_count}\n"
+            for old_sym, new_sym in changed_syms:
+                old_sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(old_sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+                new_sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(new_sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+                report += f"{old_sym['Name']}: {old_sym} -> {new_sym}\n"
+
+    if len(removed_syms) > 0:
+        removed_count = len(removed_syms)
+        report += f"Symbols Removed: {removed_count}\n"
+        for sym in removed_syms:
+            sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+            report += f"Removed {sym}\n"
+
+    if added_count + removed_count + changed_count > 0:  # at least one ABI break
+        report += "ABI BREAKAGE!: "
+        if removed_only:
+            report += f"{removed_count} removed.\n"
+        else:
+            report += f"{added_count} added, {removed_count} removed, {changed_count} changed.\n"
+        return report, True
+
+    return "Symbols unchanged", False
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/extract.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/extract.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/extract.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import json
+import platform
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+
+import magic
+import yaml
+from sym_check.ToolOutput import ToolOutput
+from sym_check import utils
+from sym_check.utils import JSON
+
+
+class SymbolExtractor:
+    def __init__(self, lib: Path) -> None:
+        self.lib = lib.resolve()
+        magic_data = magic.from_file(self.lib)
+        if "ELF" in magic_data:
+            self.executable_type = "ELF"
+        elif "ASCII" in magic_data:
+            self.executable_type = "IFS"
+
+    def ifs_extract(
+        self, output_file: Path, ifs_dir: Optional[Path] = None
+    ) -> ToolOutput:
+        if ifs_dir is None:
+            env_ifs = shutil.which("llvm-ifs")
+            if env_ifs is None:
+                return ToolOutput(
+                    1, ["which", "llvm-ifs"], "Error: Cannot find llvm-ifs in PATH"
+                )
+            ifs_dir = Path(env_ifs).resolve()
+
+        cmd = [
+            ifs_dir.as_posix(),
+            self.lib.as_posix(),
+            f"--input-format={self.executable_type}",
+            f"--output-ifs={output_file.resolve()}",
+        ]
+
+        llvm_ifs = subprocess.run(
+            cmd,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            text=True,
+            check=False,
+        )
+        return ToolOutput(llvm_ifs.returncode, cmd, llvm_ifs.stdout)
+
+
+def load_symbols(file: Path) -> JSON:
+    symbols: Optional[JSON] = None
+    with file.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        ifs_contents: JSON | Dict[str, str] = yaml.load(
+            f.read(), Loader=yaml.BaseLoader
+        )
+        if isinstance(ifs_contents, dict):  # assume llvm-ifs output
+            loaded_symbols = ifs_contents.get("Symbols")
+            assert isinstance(
+                loaded_symbols, JSON
+            ), f"Error: No symbols found in {file.resolve()}"
+            symbols = loaded_symbols
+        else:
+            assert isinstance(ifs_contents, JSON)
+            symbols = ifs_contents
+
+    return symbols
+
+
+def extract_symbols(file: Path) -> Optional[JSON]:
+    if not utils.is_library_file(file):
+        symbols = load_symbols(file)
+        return symbols
+
+    assert utils.is_shared_library(
+        file
+    ), "Error: Library {lib_file.resolve()} is not a shared library."
+
+    extractor = SymbolExtractor(file)
+    output_file = Path("tmp_llvm-ifs-output.ifs")
+    tool_output = extractor.ifs_extract(output_file)
+    if tool_output.returncode != 0:
+        print(
+            f"{tool_output.data}\nFailing command: {tool_output.command}",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        return None
+
+    symbols = load_symbols(output_file)
+    output_file.unlink()  # delete the output file created by llvm-ifs
+
+    return symbols
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/utils.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/utils.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import json
+import platform
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, NewType, Optional, Tuple
+
+
+class JSON(list):
+    # mypy does not support recurssive types yet
+    pass
+
+
+def demangle_symbol(symbol: str, cppfilt: Optional[Path]) -> str:
+    if cppfilt is None:
+        return symbol
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [cppfilt.resolve().as_posix()], input=symbol.encode(), capture_output=True
+    )
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        return symbol
+    return result.stdout.decode()
+
+
+def is_mach_o(file: Path) -> bool:
+    with file.open("rb") as f:
+        magic_bytes = f.read(4)
+    return magic_bytes in [
+        b"\xfe\xed\xfa\xce",  # MH_MAGIC
+        b"\xce\xfa\xed\xfe",  # MH_CIGAM
+        b"\xfe\xed\xfa\xcf",  # MH_MAGIC_64
+        b"\xcf\xfa\xed\xfe",  # MH_CIGAM_64
+        b"\xca\xfe\xba\xbe",  # FAT_MAGIC
+        b"\xbe\xba\xfe\xca",  # FAT_CIGAM
+    ]
+
+
+def is_xcoff_or_big_ar(file: Path) -> bool:
+    with file.open("rb") as f:
+        magic_bytes = f.read(7)
+    return (
+        magic_bytes[:4] in [b"\x01DF", b"\x01F7"] or magic_bytes == b"<bigaf>"
+    )  # XCOFF32  # XCOFF64
+
+
+def is_elf(file: Path) -> bool:
+    with file.open("rb") as f:
+        magic_bytes = f.read(4)
+    return magic_bytes == b"\x7fELF"
+
+
+def is_library_file(file: Path) -> bool:
+    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+        return is_mach_o(file)
+
+    if platform.system() == "AIX":
+        return is_xcoff_or_big_ar(file)
+
+    return is_elf(file)
+
+
+def _aix_is_shared_lib(lib_file: Path) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check for the shared object flag in XCOFF headers of the input file or
+    library archive.
+    """
+    dump = shutil.which("dump")
+    if dump is None:
+        print("ERROR: Could not find dump", file=sys.stderr)
+        return False
+
+    cmd: List[str] = [dump, "-X32_64", "-ov", lib_file.as_posix()]
+    out = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode()
+
+    return out.find("SHROBJ") != -1
+
+
+def is_shared_library(lib_file: Path) -> bool:
+    return (
+        _aix_is_shared_lib(lib_file)
+        if platform.system() == "AIX"
+        else lib_file.suffix == ".so"
+    )