The neofetch command written in a bash shell. The main purpose of neofetch is to be used in screenshots to display other users what operating system or Linux distro you are using including theme, icons and more. This command shows info about your system next to an image, your operating system logo and other info. Neofetch version 3.1.0 has been released. Let us see how to install the latest version and use it.
Universals installation method
Type the following wget command to grab the latest tar ball:
$ wget https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/archive/3.1.0.tar.gz
Install it:
$ tar -zxvf 3.1.0.tar.gz
$ cd neofetch-3.1.0
$ sudo make install
Installing binary package on Ubuntu Linux 17.04+
Type the following apt command:
$ sudo apt install neofetch
Installing binary package on Debian Linux sid/stretch
Type the following apt-get command:
$ sudo apt-get install neofetch
Installing binary package on macOS (homebrew)
Type the following brew command:
$ brew install neofetch
How do I use neofetch?
Open the terminal app and type the command:
$ neofetch
$ neofetch options
$ neofetch --config off --bold off --colors 4 1 8 8 8 7
Sample outputs from macOS:
Sample outputs from Ubuntu Linux desktop:
See help for more info
Type the following command:
$ neofetch --help
$ neofetch --help | more
Usage: neofetch --option "value" --option "value"
Neofetch is a CLI system information tool written in BASH. Neofetch
displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo,
or any ASCII file of your choice.
NOTE: Every launch flag has a config option.
Options:
INFO:
--disable infoname Allows you to disable an info line from appearing
in the output.
NOTE: You can supply multiple args. eg. 'neofetch --disable cpu gpu disk shell'
--os_arch on/off Hide/Show OS architecture.
--speed_type type Change the type of cpu speed to display.
Possible values: current, min, max, bios,
scaling_current, scaling_min, scaling_max
NOTE: This only supports Linux with cpufreq.
--speed_shorthand on/off Whether or not to show decimals in CPU speed.
--cpu_shorthand type Shorten the output of CPU
Possible values: name, speed, tiny, on, off
--cpu_cores type Whether or not to display the number of CPU cores
Possible values: logical, physical, off
NOTE: 'physical' doesn't work on BSD.
--cpu_speed on/off Hide/Show cpu speed.
--cpu_temp C/F/off Hide/Show cpu temperature.
NOTE: This only works on Linux and BSD.
NOTE: For FreeBSD-based systems, you need to enable coretemp kernel module.
--distro_shorthand on/off Shorten the output of distro (tiny, on, off)
NOTE: This option won't work in Windows (Cygwin)
--kernel_shorthand on/off Shorten the output of kernel
NOTE: This option won't work in BSDs (except PacBSD and PC-BSD)
--uptime_shorthand on/off Shorten the output of uptime (tiny, on, off)
--refresh_rate on/off Whether to display the refresh rate of each monitor
Unsupported on Windows
--gpu_brand on/off Enable/Disable GPU brand in output. (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel)
--gpu_type type Which GPU to display. (all, dedicated, integrated)
NOTE: This only supports Linux.
--gtk_shorthand on/off Shorten output of gtk theme/icons
--gtk2 on/off Enable/Disable gtk2 theme/font/icons output
--gtk3 on/off Enable/Disable gtk3 theme/font/icons output
--shell_path on/off Enable/Disable showing $SHELL path
--shell_version on/off Enable/Disable showing $SHELL version
--disk_show value Which disks to display.
Possible values: '/', '/dev/sdXX', '/path/to/mount point'
NOTE: Multiple values can be given. (--disk_show '/' '/dev/sdc1')
--disk_subtitle type What information to append to the Disk subtitle.
Takes: name, mount, dir
'name' shows the disk's name (sda1, sda2, etc)
'mount' shows the disk's mount point (/, /mnt/Local Disk, etc)
'dir' shows the basename of the disks's path. (/, Local Disk, etc)
--ip_host url URL to query for public IP
--song_shorthand on/off Print the Artist/Title on separate lines
--install_time on/off Enable/Disable showing the time in Install Date output.
--install_time_format 12h/24h
Set time format in Install Date to be 12 hour or 24 hour.
TEXT FORMATTING:
--colors x x x x x x Changes the text colors in this order:
title, @, underline, subtitle, colon, info
--underline on/off Enable/Disable the underline.
--underline_char char Character to use when underlining title
--bold on/off Enable/Disable bold text
COLOR BLOCKS:
--color_blocks on/off Enable/Disable the color blocks
--block_width num Width of color blocks in spaces
--block_height num Height of color blocks in lines
--block_range num num Range of colors to print as blocks
BARS:
--bar_char 'elapsed char' 'total char'
Characters to use when drawing bars.
--bar_border on/off Whether or not to surround the bar with '[]'
--bar_length num Length in spaces to make the bars.
--bar_colors num num Colors to make the bar.
Set in this order: elapsed, total
--cpu_display mode Bar mode.
Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--memory_display mode Bar mode.
Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--battery_display mode Bar mode.
Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
--disk_display mode Bar mode.
Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
IMAGE BACKEND:
--backend backend Which image backend to use.
Possible values: 'ascii', 'caca', 'catimg', 'jp2a', 'iterm2', 'off', 'sixel', 'tycat', 'w3m'
--source source Which image or ascii file to use.
Possible values: 'auto', 'ascii', 'wallpaper', '/path/to/img', '/path/to/ascii', '/path/to/dir/'
--ascii source Shortcut to use 'ascii' backend.
--caca source Shortcut to use 'caca' backend.
--catimg source Shortcut to use 'catimg' backend.
--iterm2 source Shortcut to use 'iterm2' backend.
--jp2a source Shortcut to use 'jp2a' backend.
--sixel source Shortcut to use 'sixel' backend.
--termpix source Shortcut to use 'termpix' backend.
--tycat source Shortcut to use 'tycat' backend.
--w3m source Shortcut to use 'w3m' backend.
--off Shortcut to use 'off' backend.
NOTE: 'source; can be any of the following: 'auto', 'ascii', 'wallpaper', '/path/to/img', '/path/to/ascii', '/path/to/dir/'
ASCII:
--ascii_colors x x x x x x Colors to print the ascii art
--ascii_distro distro Which Distro's ascii art to print
NOTE: Arch and Ubuntu have 'old' logo variants.
NOTE: Use 'arch_old' or 'ubuntu_old' to use the old logos.
NOTE: Ubuntu has flavor variants.
NOTE: Change this to 'Lubuntu', 'Xubuntu', 'Ubuntu-GNOME', 'Ubuntu-Studio' or 'Ubuntu-Budgie' to use the flavors.
NOTE: Alpine, Arch, Crux, Gentoo, OpenBSD, and Void have a smaller logo variant.
NOTE: Change this to 'alpine_small', 'arch_small', 'crux_small', 'gentoo_small', 'openbsd_small', and 'void_small' to use the small logos.
--ascii_bold on/off Whether or not to bold the ascii logo.
-L, --logo Hide the info text and only show the ascii logo.
Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
IMAGE:
--size 00px | --size 00% How to size the image.
Possible values: auto, 00px, 00%, none
--crop_mode mode Which crop mode to use
Takes the values: normal, fit, fill
--crop_offset value Change the crop offset for normal mode.
Possible values: northwest, north, northeast,
west, center, east, southwest, south, southeast
--xoffset px How close the image will be to the left edge of the
window. This only works with w3m.
--yoffset px How close the image will be to the top edge of the
window. This only works with w3m.
--bg_color color Background color to display behind transparent image.
This only works with w3m.
--gap num Gap between image and text.
NOTE: --gap can take a negative value which will move the text closer to the left side.
--clean Delete cached files and thumbnails.
SCREENSHOT:
-s, --scrot /path/to/img Take a screenshot, if path is left empty the screen-
shot function will use $scrot_dir and $scrot_name.
-su, --upload /path/to/img Same as --scrot but uploads the scrot to a website.
--image_host imgur/teknik Website to upload scrots to.
--scrot_cmd cmd Screenshot program to launch
OTHER:
--config /path/to/config Specify a path to a custom config file
--config none Launch the script without a config file
--help Print this text and exit
--version Show neofetch version
-v Display error messages.
-vv Display a verbose log for error reporting.
DEVELOPER:
--gen-man Generate a manpage for Neofetch in your PWD. (Requires GNU help2man)
See neofetch project home page for more info or to download the latest version.
This entry is 2 of 2 in the Linux/UNIX System Info Apps series. Keep reading the rest of the series:
- Display Awesome Linux Logo With Basic Hardware Info Using screenfetch/linux_logo
- neofetch: Awesome system info bash script for Linux/Unix
