ferrisfetch

ferrisfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information, written in Rust.

🛈 Please note that this project is still in very early development and may not be stable and certainly not feature complete. If you encounter any issues or would like a feature added, please create an issue.

Installation

From Pre-built Binaries

Pre-built binaries are available for Linux and Windows on the releases page. Download the binary for your platform and place it in a directory in your PATH. You can then run the binary from the command line.

From Source

To install ferrisfetch from source, you will need to have Rust installed. You can install Rust by following the instructions on the official Rust website.

Once you have Rust installed, you can clone this repository and build the project using the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/damaredayo/ferrisfetch.git
cd ferrisfetch
cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be located at target/release/ferrisfetch.

Features and Roadmap

• Display system information
• Full support for all operating systems and architectures
• Customizable output
• Support for themes
• Support for plugins (e.g. fetching additional information)
• Full Desktop/Window Manager support (linux)
• Ricing detection

Modules

Module name	Source File	Description	Example	Implemented
OS	os.rs	Fetches the operating system name and version	OS: Arch Linux	✅
Host	host.rs	Fetches the host information	Host: MS-7D91 (3.0)	✅
Kernel	kernel.rs	Fetches the kernel version	Kernel: Linux 6.8.9-arch1-2	✅
Uptime	uptime.rs	Fetches the system uptime	Uptime: 2 hours, 30 minutes	✅
Packages	packages.rs	Fetches the number of installed packages	Packages: 900 (pacman)	✅
Shell	shell.rs	Fetches the shell name	Shell: zsh	✅
Display	display.rs	Fetches the screen resolution	Display (ZOWIE XL LCD): 1920x1080 @ 240Hz	✅
DE	de.rs	Fetches the desktop environment or window manager	DE: Xfce	❌
WM	wm.rs	Fetches the window manager	WM: LeftWM (X11)	✅ (Only X11)
Cursor	cursor.rs	Fetches the current cursor theme	Cursor: Adwaita	❌
Theme	theme.rs	Fetches the current GTK theme	Theme: Adwaita	❌
Icons	icons.rs	Fetches the current icon theme	Icons: Papirus	❌
Terminal	terminal.rs	Fetches the terminal emulator name	Terminal: alacritty	❌
Font	font.rs	Fetches the current font	Font: alacritty (11px)	❌
CPU	cpu.rs	Fetches the CPU model and number of cores	CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900KF (24) @ 5.70 GHz	✅
GPU	gpu.rs	Fetches the GPU model	GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	✅
Memory	memory.rs	Fetches the total and used memory	Memory: 11.11GiB / 31.18GiB (35.63%)	✅
Swap	swap.rs	Fetches the total and used swap space	Swap: 0.00GiB / 0.00GiB (0.00%)	❌
Disk	disk.rs	Fetches the total and used disk space	Disk (/): 44.96 GiB / 425.39 GiB (11%) - ext4	✅
Battery	battery.rs	Fetches the battery status	Battery: 100%	❌
Network	network.rs	Fetches the network interfaces	Network (enp5s0): 192.168.0.45/24	❌
Locale	locale.rs	Fetches the system locale	Locale: en_GB.UTF-8	✅