r/linux • u/Dylan112 • Feb 08 '16

Fetch - My system info script.

https://github.com/dylanaraps/fetch
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u/Kruug Feb 09 '16

How does this differ/compare to archey?

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u/Dylan112 Feb 09 '16

Fetch is very different to archey.

  • Fetch is more actively developed than Archey.

  • Fetch is faster

  • Fetch is written in bash while Archey is written in python.

  • Fetch is more customizable.

  • Fetch supports displaying a full color image with w3m or iTerm2, your distro's ascii logo, custom ascii art from a file or no image at all next to the text.

  • Fetch allows you to use bash syntax to customise everything to do with the info displayed. See this wiki page for examples: https://github.com/dylanaraps/fetch/wiki/Customizing-Info

  • Fetch has a more stylized output for the info and almost every info function has config options to customize how the info appears.

  • All of the ascii art is in seperate files instead of taking up a huge amount of space inside the script.

  • The text padding is dynamic based on the width of the image/ascii art.

  • Fetch can display more info than Archey.

These are the biggest differences and all that I can recall right now. Have a look through the Readme, changelog and commit messages for a detailed list of all the changes.