cpufetch: A CPU Architecture Fetching Tool

 

One of the most popular tools for Linux and macOS users is screenfetch and/or neofetch.  These tools are basically bash scripts that detect and display system information alongside the ASCII version of the Linux distribution logo of the system.

cpufetch is a relatively new tool, similar to screenfetch/neofetch. However, instead of displaying your system’s information, it will fetch and display your CPU architecture.

At the time of writing, cpufetch supports x86_64 and ARM CPUs.

 

Platform	x86_64	ARM	Notes
Linux			Prefered platform. Experimental ARM support
Windows			Some information may be missing. Colors will be used if supported
Android			Experimental ARM support
macOS			Some information may be missing

 

INSTALLATION

Building from source – to build cpufetch from source, all you have to do is  clone the repo and use make to compile it:

git clone https://github.com/Dr-Noob/cpufetch
cd cpufetch
make
./cpufetch

Linux – If you’re running Arch Linux ( or derivates ) you can install cpufetch from the AUR. If you’re running any other distro, build from source.

macOS – build cpufetch from source

Windows – build from source OR download the cpufetch executable for Windows here and run it from CMD.

Android:

1. Install termux app (terminal emulator)
2. Run pkg install -y git make clang inside termux.
3. Build from source

 

USING CPUFETCH

Just run cpufetch in your terminal. However there’s a bit of customization that you can apply to the output. By default, cpufetch will print the CPU art with the system colorscheme.

You can set a custom colorscheme by either specifying Intel or AMD, or specifying the prefered colors in RGB format:

./cpufetch --color intel (default color for Intel)
./cpufetch --color amd (default color for AND)
./cpufetch --color 239,90,45:210,200,200:100,200,45:0,200,200 (example)

NOTE: if you’re choosing to use a custom RGB color scheme, 4 colors must be given in with the format: [R,G,B:R,G,B:R,G,B:R,G,B]. These colors correspond to CPU art color (2 colors) and for the text colors (following 2).

Once you have a color scheme that you’re happy with, you can create a cpufetch alias.

To learn more about cpufetch or you have any bugs you want to report, check out the official project page on GitHub.