Neofetch development discontinued, repository archived
GitHub - dylanaraps/neofetch: 🖼️ A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/13437386
The author's profile says this:
"Have taken up farming."
Does it have to be developed further? Neofetch looks like a finished product.
It would need to keep up with future changes and any security updates
according to the Asahi guy, it doesn't work correctly for ARM: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111018734178152229
I am utterly oblivious to how neofetch works, but it does seem to need updates to support newer tech.
True for all programs
Works on mine
Édit: (10)... Ah, I see the point, indeed.
Doesn't affect me since I'm on EndeavourOS and they discontinued ARM support anyway!
It still had issues like handling 8-bit colors in ascii art incorrectly last I checked a few years back, with that pr already being a few years old then.
I wonder which of the many fetch tools support 24bit terminal colours.
On first sight yes, in reality: no.
“Have taken up farming.”
Hope they are ready for grandpa's review in a couple years' time!
Based on the commit messages the last REAL update was 5 years ago.
most popular fork - hyfetch
The readme states:
"This repo also serves as an updated version of the original neofetch since the upstream dylanaraps/neofetch doesn't seem to be maintained anymore (as of Oct 27, 2023, the original repo hasn't merged a pull request for almost 2 years). If you only want to use the updated neofetch without pride flags, you can use the neofetch script from this repo. To prevent command name conflict, I call it neowofetch :)"
I don't understand the fascination with a program that tells you what kind of system you're using. I'm not trolling. Can someone enlighten me on its usefulness beyond "yep, that's what my system looks like"?
@unterzicht that IS it's use. It is primarily used in show-off posts where people present their systems so that people in the replies can get a quick glance on what they're running.
The reason this is big news is because neofetch was by far the biggest project of it's kind
It's a command that pulls a whole bunch of useful system information and sticks it on one page.
Really, the biggest use of it is for showing other people your system- especially showing off. It's a staple of "look at my system" brag posts.
But to be generous, there are (small) legit use cases for it. If you manage a lot of machines, and you plausibly don't know the basic system information for whatever you happen to be working on in this instant, it's a program that will give you most of what you could want to know in a single command. Yes, 100% of the information could be retrieved just as easily using other standard commands, but having it in a single short command, outputting to a single overview page, formatted to be easily readable at a glance, is no bad thing.
Neofetch is actually a benchmarking tool used by Arch Linux users which compete to show their high scores.
I install it on servers and put it in my bash profile so it runs when I SSH in or open a new terminal tab. Mostly just as a safety thing. It’s basically a reminder to double check I’m on the correct machine/tab before I run any commands.
Thanks for being brave enough to ask the question I was too cowardly to post
It's for showing off your setup to others
It is for the situation "what even is this OS" that aren't answered by uname -r
But since you need to know what OS this is to install this program with the package manager, it's only useful if it was previously installed during the initial setup.
I guess its one of those program every OS should have installed. Like screen.
That’s what cat /etc/os-release is for.
Pour one out for my homie
Oh no, what will all the Arch users do?
We will continue as usual. I use Arch BTW. 🤣
uname -a should make a recovery as a humblebrag way to print your system info while demonstrating knowledge of a (somewhat) obscure command.
Is there a neoneofetch?
Neofetch reloaded. followed by neofetch revolutions.
I'm using fastfetch. Also recommended is hyfetch.
Oh no, what will all the Arch users do?
Install one of many alternatives already present in the repos or AUR?
Good for him. Cheers
Oh no. Anyway.
Is the #screenfetch a good alternative to #neofetch?
I think screenfetch came first, but I'm sure it's fine if you like it. I'm using fastfetch.
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pfetch is nice
Lol archived! https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch
finally touching some grass
nasal congestion intensifies