Lightfetch

A lightweight general systeminformation tool written in C.

lightfetch

A lightweight system information display utility for Unix-like systems that quickly shows your system's vital statistics in a clean, customizable format.

Features

• Fast and minimal resource usage
• Displays OS, kernel, uptime, and hardware information
• Clean, customizable ASCII art logo
• WSL detection and Windows host information
• Compatible with most Linux distributions, macOS, and BSD systems

Installation

Prerequisites

• C compiler (GCC or Clang)
• Make
• (Optional) pkg-config and required libraries for additional features

Building from source

# Install C build tools
# For Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config

# For Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install gcc make pkg-config

# For Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S base-devel

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/QKing-Official/lightfetch.git
cd lightfetch

# Build the project
make

# Install system-wide
sudo make install

Running

lightfetch

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by neofetch and other system information tools