Neofetch

Neofetch is a command line output tool written in bash 3.2+. It displays information about your operating system, software and hardware in an aesthetic and visually pleasing way.

Installation from the repository

Neofetch can be installed through terminal:

apt-get

su -
apt-get update
apt-get install neofetch

epm

epm -i neofetch

Configuration

Neofetch has a fairly flexible configuration, and anyone can customize it for themselves.

Информация

This block discusses configuration using the example of one of the custom configurations.

To display it correctly, you must install one of the Nerd fonts.

print_info function

The main visual part is configured in this function.

print_info() {
    info title
    info underline
    info "OS" distro
    info "Host" model
    info "Kernel" kernel
    info "Uptime" uptime
    info "Packages" packages
    info "Shell" shell
    info "Resolution" resolution
    info "DE" de
    info "WM" wm
    info "WM Theme" wm_theme
    info "Theme" theme
    info "Icons" icons
    info "Terminal" term
    info "Terminal Font" term_font
    info "CPU" cpu
    info "GPU" gpu
    info "Memory" memory
    info cols
}

Term structure

The info function displays one of the system parameters.

info "COMMENT" PARAMETR

Example:

    info "Theme" theme
    info "Icons" icons
    info "Terminal" term
    info "CPU" cpu
    info "GPU" gpu

Output:

Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Terminal: kgx
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Possible parameters

Variable	Value
title	Header (user@host)
underline	Dividing line
distro	Distribution
model	PC model
kernel	Core
uptime	Opening hours
packages	Packages
shell	Shell
resolution	Screen resolution
de	Environment
wm	Window manager
wm_theme	Window theme
theme	Subject
icons	Icon theme
term	Terminal
term_font	Terminal font
cpu	CPU
gpu	Video card
memory	RAM
gpu_driver	Video card driver
disk	Disk
battery	Battery
font	Font
song	Song
local_ip	Local IP address
public_ip	Public IP address
users	User
locale	Locale
cols	Color blocks

Title

Hide/Show FQDN

Flag	Value
--title_fqdn	on, off

Default

title_fqdn="off"

Fiersik

title_fqdn="off"

Kernel

Shorten kernel function output

Flag	Value
--kernel_shorthand	on, off

OS: ALT Regular Sisyphus x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.8-6.8-alt1
Uptime: 1 hour, 32 mins

Default

kernel_shorthand="on"

Fiersik

kernel_shorthand="off"

Distribution

Shorten the output of the distro function

Flag	Value
--distro_shorthand	on, tiny, off

Default

distro_shorthand="off"

Fiersik

distro_shorthand="off"

Hide/Show OS Architecture

Flag	Value
--os_arch	on, off

fiersik@alt-gnome
-----------------
OS: ALT Regular Sisyphus x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.8-6.8-alt1

Default

os_arch="on"

Fiersik

os_arch="on"

Opening hours

Shorten uptime function output

Flag	Value
--uptime_shorthand	on, tiny, off

OS: ALT Regular Sisyphus x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.8-6.8-alt1
Uptime: 1 hour, 47 mins
Packages: 2208 (rpm), 35 (flatpak)
Shell: zsh 5.9

Default

uptime_shorthand="on"

Fiersik

uptime_shorthand="on"

Memory

Hide/show usage percentage

Flag	Value
--memory_percent	on, off

Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Terminal: kgx
Memory: 6807MiB / 15982MiB (42%) 
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Default

memory_percent="off"

Fiersik

memory_percent="on"

Change Memory Output Units

Flag	Value
--memory_unit	kib, mib, gib

Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Terminal: kgx
Memory: 7144448KiB / 16365568KiB
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Default

memory_unit="mib"

Fiersik

memory_unit="mib"

Packages

Hide/show package manager names

Flag	Value
--package_managers	on, tiny off

Kernel: 6.8.8-6.8-alt1
Uptime: 1 hour, 56 mins
Packages: 2208 (rpm), 35 (flatpak), 4 (snap) 
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 1920x1080

Default

package_managers="tiny"

Fiersik

package_managers="on"

Shell ($SHELL)

Hide/show shell path

Flag	Value
--shell_path	on, off

Uptime: 2 hours, 1 min
Packages: 2208 (rpm), 35 (flatpak)
Shell: /bin/zsh 5.9
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: GNOME 46.1

Default

shell_path="off"

Fiersik

shell_path="off"

Hide/show version

Flag	Value
--shell_version	on, off

Uptime: 2 hours, 1 min
Packages: 2208 (rpm), 35 (flatpak), 4 (snap)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: GNOME 46.1

Default

shell_version="on"

Fiersik

shell_version="on"

Desktop environment

Hide/show version

Flag	Value
--de_version	on, off

Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: GNOME 46.1
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita

Default

de_version="on"

Fiersik

de_version="on"

Processor

Frequency type

Flag	Value
--speed_type	scaling_cur_freq, scaling_min_freq, scaling_max_freq, bios_limit

Default

speed_type="bios_limit"

Fiersik

speed_type="scaling_cur_freq"

Reduce frequency

Flag	Value
--speed_shorthand	on, off.

Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.5GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

speed_shorthand="off"

Fiersik

speed_shorthand="on"

Hide/show brand

Flag	Value
--cpu_brand	on, off

Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

cpu_brand="on"

Fiersik

cpu_brand="off"

Hide/show frequency

Flag	Value
--cpu_speed	on, off

Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

cpu_speed="on"

Fiersik

cpu_speed="on"

Hide/Show Cores

Flag	Value
--cpu_cores	logical, physical, off

Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

cpu_cores="logical"

Fiersik

cpu_cores="logical"

Hide/show temperature

Flag	Value
--cpu_temp	C, F, off

Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz [38.0°C] 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

cpu_temp="off"

Fiersik

cpu_temp="C"

GPU

Hide/show brand

Flag	Value
--gpu_brand	on, off

Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16)
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

gpu_brand="on"

Fiersik

gpu_brand="off"

Which to display

Flag	Value
--gpu_type	all, dedicated, integrated

Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
CPU: Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16)
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU: Intel Integrated Graphics
Memory: 7897MiB / 15982MiB

Default

gpu_type="all"

Fiersik

gpu_type="all"

Permission

Hide/Show refresh rate

Flag	Value
--refresh_rate	on, off

Packages: 2208 (rpm), 35 (flatpak), 4 (snap)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 1920x1080 @ 75.00Hz
DE: GNOME 46.1
WM: Mutter

Default

refresh_rate="off"

Fiersik

refresh_rate="on"

Gtk themes / icons / fonts

Shorten output

Flag	Value
--gtk_shorthand	on, off

WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Numix, Adwaita
Icons: Numix, Adwaita
Terminal: kgx

Default

gtk_shorthand="off"

Fiersik

gtk_shorthand="off"

Hide/Show gtk2

Flag	Value
--gtk2	on, off

WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Numix [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK3] 
Icons: Numix [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK3] 
Terminal: kgx

Default

gtk2="on"

Fiersik

gtk2="on"

Hide/Show gtk3

Flag	Value
--gtk3	on, off

WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Numix [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK3] 
Icons: Numix [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK3] 
Terminal: kgx

Default

gtk3="on"

Fiersik

gtk3="on"

IP address

Website for checking IP address

Flag	Value
--ip_host	url

Default

public_ip_host="http://ident.me"

Fiersik

public_ip_host="http://ident.me"

Public IP Timeout

Flag	Value
--ip_timeout	int

Default

public_ip_timeout=2

Fiersik

public_ip_timeout=1

###Disk

Which drives to display

Flag	Value
--disk_show	/, /dev/sdXX, /path/to/drive

GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 23%
Disk (/): 105G / 162G (66%) 
Disk (games): 2.5G / 61G (5%) 
Font: Cantarell 11 [GTK2/3]
Local IP: 192.168.31.154

Default

disk_show=("/")

Fiersik

disk_show=("/" "/run/media/fiersik/games")

Which tooltip to display.

Flag	Value
--disk_subtitle	mount, name, dir, none

GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 23%
Disk (/dev/nvme0n1p3): 105G / 162G (66%) 
Disk (/dev/nvme0n1p4): 2.5G / 61G (5%) 
Font: Cantarell 11 [GTK2/3]
Local IP: 192.168.31.154

Default

disk_subtitle="mount"

Fiersik

disk_subtitle="dir"

Hide/show usage percentage

Flag	Value
--disk_percent	on, off

GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 23%
Disk (/): 105G / 162G (66%) 
Font: Cantarell 11 [GTK2/3]
Local IP: 192.168.31.154

Default

disk_percent="on"

Fiersik

disk_percent="on"

Music

Music player

Flag	Value
--music_player	auto, player-name

Music players.

amarok	audacious	banshee	bluemindo
clementine	cmus	deadbeef	deepin-music
dragon	elisa	guayadeque	gnome-music
gmusicbrowser	exaile	gogglesmm	io.elementary.music
yarock	elisa	muine	iTunes
juk	lollypop	mocp	mopidy
mpd	netease-cloud-music	olivia	playerctl
pogo	pragha	qmmp	quodlibet
rhythmbox	sayonara	smplayer	spotify
strawberry	auonmb	tomahawk	vlc
xmms2d	xnoise

Default

music_player="auto"

Fiersik

music_player="auto"

Information display format

Flag	Value
--song_format	%artist%, %album%, %title%

Disk (/): 105G / 162G (66%)
Font: Cantarell 11 [GTK2/3]
Song: Liar_Sieru - Обман - Реальный мир
Music Player: vlc
Local IP: 192.168.31.154

Default

song_format="%artist% - %album% - %title%"

Fiersik

song_format="%artist% - %album% - %title%"

Output on separate lines

Flag	Value
--song_shorthand	on, off

Disk (/): 105G / 162G (66%)
Font: Cantarell 11 [GTK2/3]
Artist: Liar_Sieru
Album: Обман
Song: Реальный мир
Music Player: vlc
Local IP: 192.168.31.154

Default

song_shorthand="off"

Fiersik

song_shorthand="off"

Text colors

Flag	Value
--colors	distro, num num num num num num

Order	Output part
1	Title
2	Domain separator
3	Underline
4	Subtitle
5	Separator
5	Information

Default

colors=(distro)

Fiersik

colors=(distro)

Text Options

Bold type

Flag	Value
--bold	on, off

Default

bold="on"

Fiersik

bold="on"

Domain underscore

Flag	Value
--underline	on, off

fiersik@alt-gnome
----------------
OS: ALT Regular Sisyphus x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.7-6.8-alt1
ptime: 1 hour, 14 mins

Default

underline_enabled="on"

Fiersik

underline_enabled="on"

Domain separator character

Flag	Value
--underline_char	string

fiersik@alt-gnome
=================
OS: ALT Regular Sisyphus x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.7-6.8-alt1
Uptime: 1 hour, 33 mins

Default

underline_char="-"

Fiersik

underline_char="-"

Information separator character

Flag	Value
--separator	string

fiersik@alt-gnome
----------------
OS= ALT Regular Sisyphus x86_64
Kernel= 6.8.7-6.8-alt1
Uptime= 1 hour, 33 mins

Default

separator=":"

Fiersik

separator=" "

Color blocks

Color range

Flag	Value
--block_range	num, num

Default

block_range=(1 16)

Fiersik

block_range=(1 18)

Custom Colors

Информация

This subblock is optional and is not included in the default configuration. It is necessary for conveniently setting your own colors for displaying information.

Fiersik

magenta="\033[1;35m"
green="\033[1;32m"
white="\033[0;37m"
blue="\033[1;34m"
red="\033[1;31m"
black="\033[1;40;30m"
yellow="\033[1;33m"
cyan="\033[1;36m"
reset="\033[0m"
bgyellow="\033[1;43;33m"
bgwhite="\033[1;47;37m"
cl0="${reset}"
cl1="${magenta}"
cl2="${green}"
cl3="${white}"
cl4="${blue}"
cl5="${red}"
cl6="${yellow}"
cl7="${cyan}"
cl8="${black}"
cl9="${bgyellow}"
cl10="${bgwhite}"

Hide/Show Color Blocks

Flag	Value
--color_blocks	on, off

Default

color_blocks="on"

Fiersik

color_blocks="off"

Block width

Flag	Value
--block_width	num

Default

block_width=3

Fiersik

block_width=0

Block height

Flag	Value
--block_height	num

Default

block_height=1

Fiersik

block_height=0

Offset of blocks from the left side

Flag	Value
--col_offset	auto, num

Default

col_offset="auto"

Fiersik

col_offset="auto"

col_offset="auto"

Progress bars

Display information

Flag	Value
--cpu_display	bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--memory_display	bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--battery_display	bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--disk_display	bar, infobar, barinfo, off

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: [-----------====] 
GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 10%

Default

cpu_display="off"
memory_display="off"
battery_display="off"
disk_display="off"

Fiersik

cpu_display="off"
memory_display="off"
battery_display="off"
disk_display="off"

Bar char

Flag	Value
--bar_char	string string

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 12764MiB / 15982MiB [-----------====] 
GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 9%

Default

bar_char_elapsed="-"
bar_char_total="="

Fiersik

bar_char_elapsed=""
bar_char_total=""

Hide/Show Progress Bar Borders

Flag	Value
--bar_border	on, off

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 12764MiB / 15982MiB [-----------====] 
GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 9%

Default

bar_border="on"

Fiersik

bar_border="off"

Progress bar length

Flag	Value
--bar_length	num

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16) @ 2.500GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 12764MiB / 15982MiB [-------===] 
GPU Driver: amdgpu
CPU Usage: 9%

Default

bar_length=15

Fiersik

bar_length=0

Progress Bar Colors

Flag	Value
--bar_colors	distro, num

Default

bar_color_elapsed="distro"
bar_color_total="distro"

Fiersik

bar_color_elapsed="distro"
bar_color_total="distro"

Backend settings

Image Server

Flag	Value
--backend	backend_name, off

Possible values

ascii	caca
chafa	jp2a
iterm2	pot
termpix	pixterm
tycat	w3m
kitty	off

Default

image_backend="ascii"

Fiersik

image_backend="ascii"

Image Source

Flag	Value
--source	auto, ascii, wallpaper, /path/to/file, /path/to/dir/

Default

image_source="auto"

Fiersik

image_source="auto"

ASCII options

Distribution

Flag	Value
--ascii_distro	auto, distro_name

Possible values

Default	Small	Retro
AIX	Alpine_small	Arch_old
Anarchy	Arch_small	Ubuntu_old
Android	CRUX_small	Redhat_old
Antergos	Debian_small	Dragonfly_old
antiX	Gentoo_small
"AOSC OS"	FreeBSD_small
"AOSC OS/Retro"	Mac_small
Apricity	NixOS_small
ArcoLinux	OpenBSD_small
ARCHlabs	android_small
ArchStrike	Antrix_small
XFerience	CentOS_small
ArchMerge	Cleanjaro_small
Artix	ElementaryOS_small
Arya	GUIX_small
Bedrock	Hyperbola_small
Bitrig	Manjaro_small
BlackArch	MXLinux_small
BLAG	NetBSD_small
BlankOn	Parabola_small
BlueLight	POP_OS_small
bonsai	PureOS_small
BSD	Slackware_small
BunsenLabs	SunOS_small
Calculate	LinuxLite_small
Carbs	OpenSUSE_small
CentOS	Raspbian_small
Chakra	postmarketOS_small
ChaletOS	Void_small
Chapeau
Chrom*
Cleanjaro
ClearOS
Clear_Linux
Clover
Condres
Container_Linux
CRUX
Cucumber
Debian
Deepin
DesaOS
Devuan
DracOS
DarkOs
DragonFly
Drauger
Elementary
EndeavourOS
Endless
EuroLinux
Exherbo
Fedora
Feren
FreeBSD
FreeMiNT
Frugalware
Funtoo
GalliumOS
Garuda
Gentoo
Pentoo
gNewSense
GNOME
GNU
GoboLinux
Grombyang
Guix
Haiku
Huayra
Hyperbola
janus
Kali
KaOS
KDE_neon
Kibojoe
Kogaion
Korora
KSLinux
Kubuntu
LEDE
LFS
Linux_Lite
LMDE
Lubuntu
Lunar
macos
Mageia
MagpieOS
Mandriva
Manjaro
Maui
Mer
Minix
LinuxMint
MX_Linux
Namib
Neptune
NetBSD
Netrunner
Nitrux
NixOS
Nurunner
NuTyX
OBRevenge
OpenBSD
openEuler
OpenIndiana
openmamba
OpenMandriva
OpenStage
OpenWrt
osmc
Oracle
"OS Elbrus"
PacBSD
Parabola
Pardus
Parrot
Parsix
TrueOS
PCLinuxOS
Peppermint
popos
Porteus
PostMarketOS
Proxmox
Puppy
PureOS
Qubes
Radix
Raspbian
Reborn_OS
Redstar
Redcore
Redhat
Refracted_Devuan
Regata
Rosa
sabotage
Sabayon
Sailfish
SalentOS
Scientific
Septor
SereneLinux
SharkLinux
Siduction
Slackware
SliTaz
SmartOS
Solus
Source_Mage
Sparky
Star
SteamOS
SunOS
openSUSE_Leap
openSUSE_Tumbleweed
openSUSE
SwagArch
Tails
Trisquel
Ubuntu-Budgie
Ubuntu-GNOME
Ubuntu-MATE
Ubuntu-Studio
Ubuntu
Venom
Void
Obarun
windows10
Windows7
Xubuntu
Zorin
IRIX

Default

ascii_distro="auto"

Fiersik

ascii_distro="ALT_GNOME"

ASCII Colors

Flag	Value
--ascii_colors	num num num num num num

Default

ascii_colors=(distro)

Fiersik

ascii_colors=(distro)

Make ASCII logo bold

Flag	Value
--ascii_bold	on, off

Default

ascii_bold="on"

Fiersik

ascii_bold="on"

Image Options

Redraw

Информация

If set to on, Neofetch will continually redraw the image as long as Ctrl + C is pressed. This resolves display issues in some terminal emulators.

Flag	Value
--loop	on, off

Default

image_loop="off"

Fiersik

image_loop="off"

Catalog of miniatures

Value
dir

Default

thumbnail_dir="~/.cache/thumbnails/neofetch"

Fiersik

thumbnail_dir="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-${HOME}/.cache}/thumbnails/neofetch"

Crop Mode

Flag	Value
--crop_mode	normal, fit, fill

Default

crop_mode="normal"

Fiersik

crop_mode="normal"

Offset

Внимание

Only affects normal mode.

Flag	Value
--crop_offset	mode

Modes:

northwest	north	northeast
west	center	east
southwest	south	southeast

Default

crop_offset="center"

Fiersik

crop_offset="center"

Image Size

Flags	Value
--image_size, --size	auto, 00px, 00%, none

Default

image_size="auto"

Fiersik

image_size="auto"

Gap between image and text

Flag	Value
--gap	num, -num

Default

gap=3

Fiersik

gap=2

Image offset

Внимание

Works only with w3m.

Flag	Value
--xoffset, --yoffset	num

Default

yoffset=0
xoffset=0

Fiersik

yoffset=0
xoffset=0

Background color

Внимание

Works only with w3m.

Flag	Value
--bg_color	color

Default

background_color=" "

Fiersik

background_color=" "

Other options

Standard output mode

Информация

Disables all colors. Useful for moving to another team.

Value
on, off

Default

stdout="off"

Fiersik

stdout="off"