Neofetch

Neofetch
Developer(s)Dylan Araps
Initial release31 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-31)
Final release
7.1.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 2 August 2020; 4 years ago (2 August 2020)
Repositorygithub.com/dylanaraps/neofetch
Written inBash 3.2
Operating systemLinux, macOS, BSD, Windows, iOS, Android, GNU Hurd, Haiku, IRIX, MINIX, Solaris
Size277 KB
Available inEnglish
TypeBenchmark
LicenseMIT License

Neofetch is a discontinued system information tool written in the Bash shell scripting language.[2] By default, on the left side is a logo of the distribution, rendered in ASCII art.[3][4] Unlike a system monitor, the tool only features a static display of the computer's basic hardware and software configurations and their versions, typically operating system, the host (namely the technical name of the machine), uptime, package managers, the shell, display resolution, desktop environment, window manager, themes and icons, the computer terminal, CPU, GPU, and RAM. Neofetch can also display images on the terminal with w3m-img or Sixel in place of the ASCII logo art.

Neofetch development was discontinued on 26 April 2024, nearly four years after it was last updated.[5][6]

Example screenshots

Other implementations

  • afetch, written in ANSI C.
  • CoalFetch, a one-liner program in Java.
  • cpufetch, a CPU architecture fetching program written in C.
  • dosfetch, written in Pascal for DOS.[7]
  • efetch, written in C++.
  • fastfetch, a maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented drop-in replacement of neofetch. Written in C.[8]
  • fetch4FD and MySysInf for FreeDOS.[9]
  • gfetch, written in rc scripting language.
  • hfetch, written in Bash.
  • hyfetch, a updated fork of neofetch with pride flags' colors.[10]
  • nerdfetch, fetch script using icons and glyphs from "Nerd Fonts" (sourced mainly from Material Design and Font Awesome).[11]
  • nextfetch, written in Go.
  • Pasfetch, written in Pascal.
  • perlfetch, written in Perl.
  • pfetch, written in Bourne scripting language.
  • rfetch, written in Rust.
  • rexxfetch, written in REXX.[12]
  • screenfetch, first screenshot fetch script of 2010 written in Bash.[13]
  • swef, written in Lua.
  • swmfetch, written in Python.
  • ufetch, single shell script for each Unix-like platform.[14]
  • winfetch, written in Microsoft PowerShell scripting language.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Release 7.1.0". 2 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ^ Brian Schell (2019). Computing with the Raspberry Pi: Command Line and GUI Linux. p. 56
  3. ^ "Neofetch Creates Colorful System Information Screens using Ascii Art". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ Sneddon, Joey (15 May 2020). "NeoFetch: See System Information from the Command Line on Linux". OMG! Ubuntu!. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ Javed, Haroon (15 May 2024). "Linux's Coolest Terminal Tool Is Dead, Here's What to Use Instead". How-To Geek. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ Sneddon, Joey (30 April 2024). "Neofetch Development Ends as GitHub Project Archived". OMG! Ubuntu. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Leahneukirchen/Dosfetch". GitHub.
  8. ^ "fastfetch-cli/fastfetch". GitHub.
  9. ^ "MySysInf announcement". SourceForge.
  10. ^ "Hykilpikonna/Hyfetch". GitHub.
  11. ^ "Nerd Fonts - Iconic font aggregator, glyphs/Icons collection, & fonts patcher".
  12. ^ http://aminet.net/package/util/moni/rexxfetch
  13. ^ Katie (2 January 2024), screenFetch - The Bash Screenshot Information Tool, retrieved 3 January 2024
  14. ^ "JSCHX / Ufetch · GitLab".
  15. ^ "LPTSTR/Winfetch". GitHub.