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:computer: Neofetch/Screenfetch Alternative Written in Golang


A command-line system info tool written in Go for Windows

Inspired by neofetch

Overview

Winfetch is an alternative program for neofetch/screenfetch made for Windows! It allows you to display system information through your command line without needing to have any hacky bash fixes to run neofetch. It's also faster!

For More information and detailed instructions on configuration and installation read the Wiki here

Installation

Downloading Binary/Installer

You can find the Binary and Installer in the Releases Section. If you download the installer it will install winfetch.exe to whichever path you specify, the default is C:\ Program Files\winfetch\winfetch.exe.

If you download the binary alone in .zip format you can unzip and extract it to somewhere inside your $PATH.

Make sure wherever you install winfetch to is inside your $PATH! For more info refer here


Using go get (Recommended Method)

To install from go simply run:

go get github.com/M4cs/winfetch

Building From Source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/M4cs/winfetch.git

Run the following commands:

cd winfetch
go build
./winfetch.exe # This will be built inside the winfetch/ directory

Dependencies

ghw - Hardware/System Information

xterm-256 - Color Printing To Terminal

Credit

neofetch - Inspiration and ASCII Art

Contribution

Any contributions are welcome! I'm sure the code is ugly as hell since this is really my first Go program but anybody who would like to help out is greatly appreciated! Feel free to Open a PR and Issue with any feedback/suggestions for improvements or features in Winfetch.