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app nerdfetch-rs

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

by minomy13

4 stable releases

Uses new Rust 2024

1.2.2 Oct 10, 2025
1.1.2 Aug 20, 2025

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nerdfetch-rs


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


Alt

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

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.

Dependencies

~5.5–7.5MB
~140K SLoC