uwueviee / NerdFetch

A POSIX *nix fetch script using Nerdfonts

NerdFetch

A POSIX *nix (Linux, macOS, *BSD, etc) fetch script using Nerdfonts

Dependencies:

• Any nerdfonts font
• bc (optional, but most systems already have this)
• Pretty much any Linux distro/macOS

To install and run:

Automatically (Arch Linux via the AUR):

yay -S nerdfetch

Make sure to replace yay with whatever AUR helper you use.

Manually:

Copy-paste this into your terminal:

# clone and go into repo
git clone https://github.com/ThatOneCalculator/NerdFetch.git
cd NerdFetch/
# install
sudo install -m755 nerdfetch /usr/bin/nerdfetch
# go back and remove the download
cd ..
rm -rf NerdFetch/
# run
nerdfetch

Run once (curl):

Note that this will not install the program.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThatOneCalculator/NerdFetch/master/nerdfetch | sh

Features:

• Package manager and package count detection across many OSes
• Support across all nerdfonts
• Uptime detection that is actually good
• Unlike neofetch, it uses almost no resources and runs instantly
• Portable
• POSIX compliant

OSes supported:

• Debian based Linux
• Ubuntu based Linux
• Arch based Linux
• RedHat based Linux
• SUSE based Linux
• Bedrock Linux
• Alpine Linux
• KISS Linux
• Void Linux
• Gentoo Linux
• Exherbo Linux
• Solus Linux
• yiffOS Linux
• Slackware Linux*
• macOS 10.x + 11.x
• Android

Known issues:

• No app count in Android (instead counts apt if installed)
• No hostname, no uptime and no package count in BSD
• *In Slackware Linux, make sure to have /usr/sbin in PATH