Neofetch

This is the home of my fetch script! This script gathers info
about your system and prints it to the terminal next to an image, <br > your distro's logo or any ascii art of your choice!

Have a look at the wiki, I've updated/added some new pages!<br > https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/wiki

Table of Contents

• Screenshots
• Features
• Dependencies
  • Required dependencies
  • Image mode dependencies
  • Optional dependencies
    • Song
    • Desktop Environment and Window Manager
    • Wallpaper
    • Resolution
    • Screenshot
    • GPU
  • iOS dependencies
  • Android dependencies
• Installation
  • Arch Linux
  • Gentoo / Funtoo
  • CRUX
  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
  • Fedora / RHEL / CentOS
  • Void Linux
  • BunsenLabs
  • Solus
  • Slackware
  • macOS
  • iOS
  • Android (Termux)
  • Manual
• Post Install
• Usage
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Issues and Workarounds
• Thanks

Screenshots

Features

• Supports Linux, macOS, iOS, BSD, Solaris, Android and Windows (Cygwin/Windows 10 Linux subsystem)
• Display a full color image, a file containing ascii art or your distro's logo in ascii next to the info.
• The script is fast. We use bash builtins wherever possible and only spawn external processes when necessary.
• Take a screenshot of your desktop on script finish.
• Customize which info is displayed, where it's displayed and when it's displayed.
  • See this wiki page

Dependencies

• Required dependencies
• Image mode dependencies
• Optional dependencies
  • Song
  • Desktop Environment and Window Manager
  • Wallpaper
  • Resolution
  • Screenshot
  • GPU
• iOS dependencies
• Android dependencies

Required dependencies:

• Bash 3.0+
  • Alpine Linux: You also need ncurses.

Image mode dependencies:

These dependencies are required for image mode to work.

• Displaying images: w3m-img [1] or iTerm2 or Terminology [2]
• Thumbnail creation: imagemagick
• Window size: A terminal emulator that supports \033[14t [3] or xdotool or xwininfo + xprop or xwininfo + xdpyinfo

[1] w3m-img is sometimes bundled together with w3m.

[2] Image support is built into Terminology and iTerm2, and doesn't require w3m-img.

[3] See this wiki page to find out if your terminal emulator supports \033[14t or if you need an additonal dependency.

Optional dependencies:

Song

• Google Play Music Desktop Player: gpmdp-remote
• MPD: mpc
• CMUS: cmus
• MOC: moc
• Spotify: spotify
• Rhythmbox: rhythmbox
• Banshee: banshee
• Amarok: amarok
• Deadbeef: deadbeef

Desktop Environment and Window Manager

• Desktop Environment and Window Manager: xprop [1]

[1] See #79 about why this is now a required dependency.

Wallpaper

Linux, BSD and Solaris

• Wallpaper: feh, nitrogen or gsettings

Windows and macOS

• No additional dependencies needed.

Resolution

Linux, BSD and Solaris

• Resolution: xorg-xrandr or xorg-xdpyinfo [1]

macOS

• Resolution (quicker): screenresolution [2]

[1] Xrandr is prefered over xdpyinfo as Xrandr supports multi monitor and refresh rate display in the<br > output.

[2] screenresolution is installed for you when using homebrew.

Screenshot

• Screenshot: scrot [1]

[1] You can use the launch flag --scrot_cmd or change the config option $scrot_cmd to your screenshot<br > program's cmd and neofetch will use it instead of scrot.

GPU

BSD and Solaris

• GPU: glxinfo
  • Not required on FreeBSD.

iOS

These dependencies can all be installed through Cydia.<br > Note: The cydia package installs these dependencies for you.

• Bourne-Again SHell
• Core Utilities
• Core Utilities (/bin)
• Darwin Tools
• system-cmds
• Gawk
• grep

Android

• bash
• busybox

Note: I recommend installing termux from the Play Store or F-Droid. Termux provides you with a fully working Linux environment, doesn't require root acess and includes all dependencies.

Note2: Neofetch is in Termux's official repos.

Installation

Those using a git version of neofetch should check this page after<br > updating, this page lists any breaking changes that were made and<br > how you can workaround them.

https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/wiki/Following-HEAD

• Arch Linux
• Gentoo / Funtoo
• CRUX
• Ubuntu
• Debian
• Fedora / RHEL / CentOS
• Void Linux
• BunsenLabs
• Solus
• Slackware
• macOS
• iOS
• Android (Termux)
• Manual

Arch

1. Install neofetch or neofetch-git from the aur.

Gentoo / Funtoo

You can install app-misc/neofetch from Gentoo/Funtoo's official repositories.

To install the git version of neofetch, use =app-misc/neofetch-9999 instead.

CRUX

1. Install git and the git ports(8) driver
   • sudo prt-get depinst git
2. Add the 6c36-git repository
   • sudo wget -O /etc/ports/6c37-git.git "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/6c37/cross/master/git-driver/6c37-git.git"
3. Sync the repos
   • sudo ports -u
4. Add the repo to /etc/prt-get.conf with your text editor of choice
   • prtdir /usr/ports/6c37-git
5. Install the package
   • sudo prt-get depinst neofetch

Or alternatively use the port:

1. Download port
   • wget -O ~/work/neofetch/Pkgfile "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/6c37/crux-ports-git/3.2/neofetch/Pkgfile"
2. Build the package
   • fakeroot pkgmk -d
3. Install the package
   • sudo pkgadd neofetch#git-*.pkg.tar.gz

Ubuntu

1. Add PPA
   • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dawidd0811/neofetch
2. Update repositories
   • sudo apt update
3. Install the package
   • sudo apt install neofetch

Debian

1. Add the 3rd party repo
   • echo "deb http://dl.bintray.com/dawidd6/neofetch jessie main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Add public key (you need to have curl installed)
   • curl -L "https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray" -o Release-neofetch.key && sudo apt-key add Release-neofetch.key && rm Release-neofetch.key
3. Update repositories
   • sudo apt-get update
4. Install the package
   • sudo apt-get install neofetch

Fedora / RHEL / CentOS

NOTE: If you are using RHEL/CentOS, change dnf into yum.

1. Make sure you have installed dnf-plugins-core
2. Enable COPR repository
   • sudo dnf copr enable konimex/neofetch
3. Install the package
   • sudo dnf install neofetch

Alternatively:

1. Change your working directory to /etc/yum.repos.d/
2. Fetch the repo file
   • wget https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/konimex/neofetch/repo/epel-7/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo
     • NOTE: If you are using Fedora, change epel-7 to fedora-23 or your Fedora version respectively. However if you are using RHEL/CentOS 6, change it to epel-6.
3. Install the package
   • sudo dnf install neofetch

Void Linux

Install it from the official repositories

• sudo xbps-install -S neofetch

BunsenLabs

Neofetch is available in the official repos.

1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt-get install neofetch

Solus

Use the Software Center or type sudo eopkg it neofetch.

Slackware

Download the files from SlackBuilds and follow their instructions.

macOS

1. Install neofetch with Homebrew
   • brew install neofetch

iOS

1. Add http://dylanaraps.com/repo to your cydia sources.
2. Install neofetch through cydia.

Android (Termux)

You can install it using apt install neofetch

Manual

1. Download the latest source at https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch
2. Run make install inside the script directory to install the script.
   • El Capitan: PREFIX=/usr/local make install

NOTE: Neofetch can be uninstalled easily using make uninstall.

NOTE: You can run neofetch from any folder on your system, all the makefile does is move the files to a "sane" location. The makefile is optional.

Post Install

Using the config file

Neofetch will by default create a config file at $HOME/.config/neofetch/config and this file<br > contains all of the script's options/settings. The config file allows you to keep your<br > customizations between script versions and allows you to easily share your customizations<br > with other people.

You can launch the script without a config file by using the flag --config none and you can<br > specify a custom config location using --config path/to/config.

Customizing what info gets displayed

In the config file there's a function that allows you to customize all of the info that<br > gets displayed.

Here's what you can do:

• Add new info lines
• Change the ordering of the info
• Remove unwanted info lines
• Use bash syntax to control when info gets displayed

See this wiki page that goes more in-depth about it:

https://github.com/dylanaraps/fetch/wiki/Customizing-Info

Customizing the script using a custom alias

If you don't want to use the config file you can customize almost everything using launch flags!

Here's an example neofetch alias:

alias neofetch2="neofetch \
--config off \
--block_range 1 8 \
--bold off \
--uptime_shorthand on \
--gtk_shorthand on \
--colors 4 1 8 8 8 7 \
"

Usage

usage: neofetch --option "value" --option "value"

NOTE: There's also a config option for each flag below.

Info:
--disable infoname          Allows you to disable an info line from appearing
                            in the output.
                            NOTE: You can supply multiple args. eg.
                            'neofetch --disable cpu gpu disk shell'
--os_arch on/off            Hide/Show OS architecture.
--speed_type type           Change the type of cpu speed to display.
                            Possible values: current, min, max, bios,
                            scaling_current, scaling_min, scaling_max
                            NOTE: This only support Linux with cpufreq.
--cpu_shorthand type        Shorten the output of CPU
                            Possible values: name, speed, tiny, on, off
--cpu_cores type            Whether or not to display the number of CPU cores
                            Takes: logical, physical, off
                            Note: 'physical' doesn't work on BSD.
--cpu_speed on/off          Hide/Show cpu speed.
--cpu_temp on/off           Hide/Show cpu temperature.
                            NOTE This only works on linux.
--distro_shorthand on/off   Shorten the output of distro (tiny, on, off)
                            NOTE: This option won't work in Windows (Cygwin)
--kernel_shorthand on/off   Shorten the output of kernel
                            NOTE: This option won't work in BSDs (except PacBSD and PC-BSD)
--uptime_shorthand on/off   Shorten the output of uptime (tiny, on, off)
--refresh_rate on/off       Whether to display the refresh rate of each monitor
                            Unsupported on Windows
--gpu_brand on/off          Enable/Disable GPU brand in output. (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel)
--gtk_shorthand on/off      Shorten output of gtk theme/icons
--gtk2 on/off               Enable/Disable gtk2 theme/icons output
--gtk3 on/off               Enable/Disable gtk3 theme/icons output
--shell_path on/off         Enable/Disable showing \$SHELL path
--shell_version on/off      Enable/Disable showing \$SHELL version
--ip_host url               Url to query for public IP
--song_shorthand on/off     Print the Artist/Title on seperate lines
--birthday_shorthand on/off Shorten the output of birthday
--birthday_time on/off      Enable/Disable showing the time in birthday output
--birthday_format format    Format the birthday output. (Uses 'date' cmd format)

Text Formatting:
--colors x x x x x x        Changes the text colors in this order:
                            title, @, underline, subtitle, colon, info
--underline on/off          enable/disable the underline.
--underline_char char       Character to use when underlining title
--bold on/off               Enable/Disable bold text

Color Blocks:
--color_blocks on/off       Enable/Disable the color blocks
--block_width num           Width of color blocks in spaces
--block_height num          Height of color blocks in lines
--block_range start end     Range of colors to print as blocks

Progress Bars:
--progress_char 'elapsed char' 'total char'
                            Characters to use when drawing progress bars.
--progress_border on/off    Whether or not to surround the bar with '[]'
--progress_length num       Length in spaces to make the progress bars.
--progress_colors num num   Colors to make the progress bar.
                            Set in this order: elapsed, total
--cpu_display mode          Progress bar mode.
                            Takes: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--memory_display mode       Progress bar mode.
                            Takes: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--battery_display mode      Progress bar mode.
                            Takes: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--disk_display mode         Progress bar mode.
                            Takes: bar, infobar, barinfo, off

Image:
--image type                Image source. Where and what image we display.
                            Possible values: wall, ascii,
                            /path/to/img, /path/to/dir/, off
--size 00px | --size 00%    How to size the image.
                            Possible values: auto, 00px, 00%, none
--crop_mode mode            Which crop mode to use
                            Takes the values: normal, fit, fill
--crop_offset value         Change the crop offset for normal mode.
                            Possible values: northwest, north, northeast,
                            west, center, east, southwest, south, southeast

--xoffset px                How close the image will be to the left edge of the
                            window. This only works with w3m.
--yoffset px                How close the image will be to the top edge of the
                            window. This only works with w3m.
--bg_color color            Background color to display behind transparent image.
                            This only works with w3m.
--gap num                   Gap between image and text.
                            NOTE: --gap can take a negative value which will
                            move the text closer to the left side.
--clean                     Remove all cropped images

Ascii:
--ascii value               Where to get the ascii from, Possible values:
                            distro, /path/to/ascii
--ascii_colors x x x x x x  Colors to print the ascii art
--ascii_distro distro       Which Distro's ascii art to print
--ascii_logo_size           Size of ascii logo.
                            Supported distros: Arch, Gentoo, Crux, OpenBSD.
--ascii_bold on/off         Whether or not to bold the ascii logo.
--logo | -L                 Hide the info text and only show the ascii logo.

Screenshot:
--scrot /path/to/img        Take a screenshot, if path is left empty the screen-
                            shot function will use \$scrot_dir and \$scrot_name.
--upload | -su /pth/t/img   Same as --scrot but uploads the scrot to a website.
--image_host                Website to upload scrots to. Takes: imgur, teknik
--scrot_cmd cmd             Screenshot program to launch

Other:
--config /path/to/config    Specify a path to a custom config file
--config none               Launch the script without a config file
--help                      Print this text and exit
--version                   Show neofetch version
--test                      Launch the script with all functions / options enabled.
                            This should only be used for testing purposes, ie Travis.CI.
-v                          Display error messages.
-vv                         Display a verbose log for error reporting.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I enable screenfetch mode?

Launching the script with --ascii or setting image="ascii" <br > inside the config file will launch the script in "screenfetch mode". The script will<br > display your distro's ascii next to the info, exactly like screenfetch.

NOTE: If you don't have w3m-img or imagemagick installed screenfetch mode will be<br > used automatically

Why doesn't Neofetch support my wallpaper setter?

It's hard to add support for other wallpaper setters as they don't provide a way of <br > getting the current wallpaper from the cli.

If your wallpaper setter does provide a way of getting the current wallpaper or you<br > know where it's stored then adding support won't be a problem!<br >

Issues and Workarounds

The text is pushed over too far to the right

The easiest way to fix this is to change the value of --gap or $gap<br > to a negative value. For example --gap -10 will move the text 10 spaces to the left.

getgpu doesn't show my exact video card name

If your lspci | grep "VGA" output looks like this:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1401 (rev a1)

Instead of this:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] (rev a1)

Then you're affected by the issue.

This is caused by your /usr/share/misc/pci.ids\* files being outdated and you can fix it<br > by running this command as root.

sudo update-pciids

Neofetch doesn't work correctly with ConEmu.

You need to be using the CYGWIN/Msys connector for Neofetch to work seamlessly with ConEmu.

https://conemu.github.io/en/CygwinMsysConnector.html

Thanks

Thanks to:

• Screenfetch:
  • I've used some snippets as a base for a few functions in this script.
  • Some of the ascii logos.
• ufetch:
  • Tiny ascii logos
• Everyone else helped out in one way or another. I'd list all of the names<br > but there's just too many of you. :)