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https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch
A fast and easy to configure alternative to neofetch written in C and configured using Lua
https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch
c fetch linux lua system-information
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A fast and easy to configure alternative to neofetch written in C and configured using Lua
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch
- Owner: NTBBloodbath
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2021-08-12T17:00:05.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-23T14:51:46.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-06-12T03:12:32.029Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: c, fetch, linux, lua, system-information
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 312 KB
- Stars: 23
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 5
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# lcfetch
[](https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch/actions/workflows/build.yml)
A fast and easy to configure alternative to [neofetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch)
written in C and configured using Lua!
> **IMPORTANT**: I'm a newbie using C and the Lua C API so if you see something wrong
> please let me know!
## Installation
You can grab the latest release from our [releases](https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch/releases/latest)
or if you want to live in the bleeding-edge with the latest features you can [build from source](#building-from-source).
> **NOTE**: lcfetch was tested only with Lua `5.3+` but should work as expected with earlier
> Lua versions.
### Building from source
#### Installing dependencies
The packages listed below are optional because lcfetch will download `Lua 5.3.6` locally
by default in order to avoid installing extra stuff in your system and libraries if they
aren't installed in your system.
> **IMPORTANT**: xmake is not in all distributions repositories,
> please refer to xmake [installation guide](https://xmake.io/#/guide/installation).
##### Ubuntu
```sh
apt install lua5.3 liblua5.3-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libreadline-dev
```
##### Fedora
```sh
dnf install lua lua-devel libX11-devel libXrandr-devel readline-devel
```
##### Arch
```sh
pacman -S lua53 libx11 libxrandr readline
```
##### Termux
```sh
apt install xmake lua53 liblua53 libx11 libxrandr readline xorgproto
```
> **NOTE**: isn't your distro covered here but you know the exact packages names? Please
> send a Pull Request!
---
Now that you have the system-wide dependencies you can proceed to build and install lcfetch!
```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch.git \
&& cd lcfetch
```
For speeding up things, you can simply use our [XMake file](./xmake.lua).
The `lcfetch` target (the default one) will automatically download the required
third-party dependencies for building lcfetch (`Lua 5.3.6` and system dependencies like `libxrandr` if needed).
```sh
# For only building lcfetch
xmake
# For building and installing lcfetch, lcfetch will be installed at '~/.local/bin'
xmake install
```
> **IMPORTANT**: if you don't have clang installed you will need to change the compiler
> by adding `--cc=gcc` in your xmake call.
#### Troubleshooting
1. If you're getting an error related to `Xatom.h` header during compilation you will
need to install `xorgproto` package (don't know if the package name changes in some distros tho).
## Usage
For starting lcfetch you will only need to type `lcfetch` in your terminal.
lcfetch also provides a CLI with some options.
```
$ lcfetch --help
Usage: lcfetch [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS:
-c, --config /path/to/config Specify a path to a custom config file
-h, --help Print this message and exit
-v, --version Show lcfetch version
Report bugs to https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch/issues
```
> See `man lcfetch` for more information about usage and configurations.
### Configuring lcfetch
lcfetch uses the [Lua scripting language](https://www.lua.org/) as its configuration
language.
When installing lcfetch with `XMake` we will automatically copy the default configurations
under the default configurations path for lcfetch (`~/.config/lcfetch/config.lua`).
> **NOTE**: if you didn't installed lcfetch with `xmake install` you will need to copy the file
> by yourself under `~/.config/lcfetch` directory. The default configurations file is
> located under [config](./config) directory in the repository.
All the configuration options are self-documented and easy to understand.
## Uninstalling
For uninstalling lcfetch you can simply run `xmake uninstall` in the lcfetch directory.
This command will remove the lcfetch binary from `~/.local/bin` directory and also
the lcfetch man pages from `~/.local/share/man/man1`.
> **NOTE**: you will need to refresh your `mandb` to completely remove lcfetch man pages.
## Acknowledgements
- [dylanaraps](https://github.com/dylanaraps), creator of `neofetch`. We _will_
extract some ASCII distribution logos from `neofetch`.
- [rxi](https://github.com/rxi), lcfetch is using his [log.c](https://github.com/rxi/log.c)
library for providing error logs in a fancy way.
- [wmctrl](http://tripie.sweb.cz/utils/wmctrl/) creator (I don't know who is),
I extracted the window manager name logic from his awesome program.
- All the amazing people who helped me to test stuff :heart:.
## Contribute
1. Fork it (https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/lcfetch/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request
## Todo
- [x] Support for some missing essential fields (e.g. `Packages`, `WM`)
- [x] Stop hardcoding the ASCII distro logo and accent color
- [x] Add more configurations
- [x] Strip content on non-wide terminals if we need to (like neofetch)
- [ ] Add support for MacOS (probably the last thing to be done?)
- [ ] Add support for images (we can use icat, uberzug or kitty protocols)
## License
lcfetch is distributed under [GPLv2 license](./LICENSE).