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lowfetch

A Linux system information tool I made (so I could learn C)

Goals

• Be as small as possible, without sacrificing features.

• Have no external dependencies (other than the standard library).

• Work on all/most Linux systems.

Building

Requirements

• Make

• clang (default), gcc or another C99 compiler.

• mold linker

Debug Requirements

• gdb

Guide

• Release: make build

• Debug (gdb): make debug

Installing

Run make build then copy build/lowfetch somewhere in your $PATH, such as /usr/local/bin/

Assumptions

Necessary assumptions for expected functionality.

• You run a Linux-based OS

• /proc/version, /proc/uptime and /etc/os-release exist.

• Either $HOME or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are defined.

• Either $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP or $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP are defined.

• $SHELL is defined.

• The first line in /etc/os-release is NAME="distro name"

• Your package manager is one of: dpkg, dnf, xbps or pacman.

Configuration

This may change in the future to something like a single TOML, YAML or INI file.

The following files are located either in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lowfetch/ or in $HOME/.config/lowfetch/ as a fallback.

ascii

Contains your custom ascii.

format: plaintext

default:

 |\'/-..--.
 / _ _   ,  ;
`~=`Y'~_<._./
 <`-....__.'

order

Contains the output order.

format: custom

• a: ascii

• d: distro

• k: kernel

• p: package amount

• s: shell

• u: uptime

• x: xdg desktop (window manager or desktop environment)

default: adxpsuk

valid example: adukxspax

Colors

The accent color can be changed using the --color option.

It's arguments may be anything that starts with:

• w: white (default)

• r: red

• g: green

• y: yellow

• b: blue

• m: magenta

• c: cyan