fetch-ke

fetch-ke is a minimalistic, lightweight command-line system information tool written in bash.

The name comes from the Hungarian word fecske which means the bird swallow.

Tests

Distro	Result
Nobara / Fedora	✔️
Debian	✔️
Ubuntu	✔️
Arch	✔️
Termux	✔️
Windows 10 / Windows 11	✔️

Dependencies

• git
• figlet

( ncurses - This should be part of your distribution, unless you use termux, see below )

For termux

You need to install the following utils alongside the dependecies:

pkg install git ncurses-utils

Note

On termux the battery time displaying is not available currently, however the fetch should work.

Installation

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/MemerGamer/fetch-ke.git

Linux / Termux

Give executable permissions

cd fetch-ke
sudo chmod +x fetch-ke

Copy the tool to /bin

sudo cp fetch-ke /bin/fetch-ke

If you want to set this to run when you open a shell session you need to write the following line to your .bashrc or .zshrc file:

fetch-ke

Windows

Copy the tool to C:\Windows to make it available globally

If you want to set this to run when you open a shell session you need to follow this guide. After creating the profile file you need to add the following line to it:

fetch-ke.ps1

Usage Examples

fetch-ke -h # displays help

fetch-ke -v # displays version number

fetch-ke -b # disables long battery information

fetch-ke -c # disables colors

fetch-ke -B # disables battery information

fetch-ke -F # disables figlet at start

Short battery display with -b flag

No colors displayed with -c flag

No colors and short battery with combined -bc flag

Windows 10 / Windows 11