nerdfetch-rs

A minimal, fast system fetch tool — rewritten in Rust for speed, clarity, and configurability.

Acknowledgements: Heavily inspired by NerdFetch by ThatOneCalculator. This project is a Rust-based reimagining with a similar aesthetic and minimalistic goals.

Gallery

ASCII arts by Hayley Jane Wakenshaw and an unknown artist.

Config

You can find the config file at $HOME/.config/nerdfetch-rs.toml. As the suffix might suggest, it is in TOML format.

Modules

Every module has its own table named like [modules.module_name]. Every module can be enabled or disabled with the active key, which is a boolean. Some default modules are enabled by default and must be disabled explicitely.

• Default: color_palette kernel memory os shell uptime user
• Others: host

Key	Value
alignment	Alignment of modules relative to art. Can be top or center.

Module-Specifics

User

All colors appear bright because of bold text.

Key	Value
username_color	Color of the username.
at_color	Color of the '@' between username and hostname.
hostname_color	Color of the hostname.

Kernel

Key	Value
show_name	Show name of kernel. Otherwise just version is shown.

Host

📝 Note: Activating this module may have a minor performance impact on macOS, as it spawns a child process.

Theme

The following keys can be set in the [theme] table.

Key	Value
ascii_art	(Multiline-) String of ASCII art displayed to the left of modules.
art_color	Color of whole ASCII art.
icon_color	Color of module icons.
info_color	Color of module text.

Colors

white black red green yellow blue magenta cyan bright_red bright_green bright_yellow bright_blue bright_magenta bright_cyan

Installation

This software should work for most Linux distros and macOS. You need to have a Nerd Font installed and enabled in your terminal.

Package manager

• AUR. yay -S nerdfetch-rs
• Homebrew. We have to get a lot more popular to make this possible. Please use crates.io in the meantime.
• NIX. Coming soon.
• crates.io. cargo install nerdfetch-rs. Rust toolchain required. (Debian, Red Hat, macOS, etc.)
• Build from source. Clone this repository and run cargo build --release. You'll find your binary in the target/release directory. Rust toolchain required.