INFO:¶

func_name

Specify a function name (second part of info() from config) to quickly display only that function's information.

Example: neofetch uptime --uptime_shorthand tiny

Example: neofetch uptime disk wm memory

This can be used in bars and scripts like so:

memory="$(neofetch memory)"; memory="${memory##*: }"

For multiple outputs at once (each line of info in an array):

IFS=$'\n' read -d "" -ra info < <(neofetch memory uptime wm)

info=("${info[@]##*: }")

--disable infoname

Allows you to disable an info line from appearing in the output. 'infoname' is the function name from the 'print_info()' function inside the config file. For example: 'info "Memory" memory' would be '--disable memory'

NOTE: You can supply multiple args. eg. 'neofetch --disable cpu gpu'

--title_fqdn on/off

Hide/Show Fully Qualified Domain Name in title.

--package_managers on/off

Hide/Show Package Manager names. (on, tiny, off)

--package_separate on/off

Whether to separate system/user modes for supported package managers

--os_arch on/off

Hide/Show OS architecture.

--speed_type type

Change the type of cpu speed to display. Possible values: current, min, max, bios, scaling_current, scaling_min, scaling_max

NOTE: This only supports Linux with cpufreq.

--speed_shorthand on/off

Whether or not to show decimals in CPU speed.

NOTE: This flag is not supported in systems with CPU speed less than

1 GHz.

--cpu_brand on/off

Enable/Disable CPU brand in output.

--cpu_cores type

Whether or not to display the number of CPU cores Possible values: logical, physical, off

NOTE: 'physical' doesn't work on BSD.

--cpu_speed on/off

Hide/Show cpu speed.

--cpu_temp C/F/off

Hide/Show cpu temperature.

NOTE: This only works on Linux and BSD.

NOTE: For FreeBSD and NetBSD-based systems, you need to enable

coretemp kernel module. This only supports newer Intel processors.

--distro_shorthand on/off

Shorten the output of distro (on, tiny, off)

NOTE: This option won't work in Windows (Cygwin)

--kernel_shorthand on/off

Shorten the output of kernel

NOTE: This option won't work in BSDs (except PacBSD and PC-BSD)

--uptime_shorthand on/off

Shorten the output of uptime (on, tiny, off)

--refresh_rate on/off

Whether to display the refresh rate of each monitor Unsupported on Windows

--gpu_brand on/off

Enable/Disable GPU brand in output. (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel)

--gpu_type type

Which GPU to display. (all, dedicated, integrated)

NOTE: This only supports Linux.

--de_version on/off

Show/Hide Desktop Environment version

--gtk_shorthand on/off

Shorten output of gtk theme/icons

--gtk2 on/off

Enable/Disable gtk2 theme/font/icons output

--gtk3 on/off

Enable/Disable gtk3 theme/font/icons output

--shell_path on/off

Enable/Disable showing $SHELL path

--shell_version on/off

Enable/Disable showing $SHELL version

--editor_path on/off

Enable/Disable showing $EDITOR path

--editor_version on/off

Enable/Disable showing $EDITOR version

--disk_show value

Which disks to display. Possible values: '/', '/dev/sdXX', '/path/to/mount point'

NOTE: Multiple values can be given. (--disk_show '/' '/dev/sdc1')

--disk_subtitle type

What information to append to the Disk subtitle. Takes: name, mount, dir, none

'name' shows the disk's name (sda1, sda2, etc)

'mount' shows the disk's mount point (/, /mnt/Local Disk, etc)

'dir' shows the basename of the disks's path. (/, Local Disk, etc)

'none' shows only 'Disk' or the configured title.

--disk_percent on/off

Hide/Show disk percent.

--ip_host url

URL to query for public IP

--ip_timeout int

Public IP timeout (in seconds).

--ip_interface value

Interface(s) to use for local IP

--song_format format

Print the song data in a specific format (see config file).

--song_shorthand on/off

Print the Artist/Album/Title on separate lines.

--memory_percent on/off

Display memory percentage.

--memory_unit (k/m/g/t)ib

Memory output unit.

--memory_precision integer

Change memory output precision. (???0, default=2)

--music_player player-name

Manually specify a player to use. Available values are listed in the config file

TEXT FORMATTING:¶

--colors x x x x x x

Changes the text colors in this order: title, @, underline, subtitle, colon, info

--underline on/off

Enable/Disable the underline.

--underline_char char

Character to use when underlining title

--bold on/off

Enable/Disable bold text

--separator string

Changes the default ':' separator to the specified string.

COLOR BLOCKS:¶

--color_blocks on/off

Enable/Disable the color blocks

--col_offset auto/num

Left-padding of color blocks

--block_width num

Width of color blocks in spaces

--block_height num

Height of color blocks in lines

--block_range num num

Range of colors to print as blocks

BARS:¶

--bar_char 'elapsed char' 'total char'

Characters to use when drawing bars.

--bar_border on/off

Whether or not to surround the bar with '[]'

--bar_length num

Length in spaces to make the bars.

--bar_colors num num

Colors to make the bar. Set in this order: elapsed, total

--memory_display mode

Bar mode. Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off

--battery_display mode

Bar mode. Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off

--disk_display mode

Bar mode. Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off

IMAGE BACKEND:¶

--backend backend

Which image backend to use. Possible values: 'ascii', 'caca', 'catimg', 'chafa', 'jp2a', 'iterm2', 'off', 'sixel', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'kitty', 'viu'

--source source

Which image or ascii file to use. Possible values: 'auto', 'ascii', 'wallpaper', '/path/to/img', '/path/to/ascii', '/path/to/dir/', 'command output' [ascii]

--ascii source

Shortcut to use 'ascii' backend.

NEW: neofetch --ascii "$(fortune | cowsay -W 30)"

--caca source

Shortcut to use 'caca' backend.

--catimg source

Shortcut to use 'catimg' backend.

--chafa source

Shortcut to use 'chafa' backend.

--iterm2 source

Shortcut to use 'iterm2' backend.

--jp2a source

Shortcut to use 'jp2a' backend.

--kitty source

Shortcut to use 'kitty' backend.

--pot source

Shortcut to use 'pot' backend.

--pixterm source

Shortcut to use 'pixterm' backend.

--sixel source

Shortcut to use 'sixel' backend.

--termpix source

Shortcut to use 'termpix' backend.

--tycat source

Shortcut to use 'tycat' backend.

--w3m source

Shortcut to use 'w3m' backend.

--ueberzug source

Shortcut to use 'ueberzug' backend

--viu source

Shortcut to use 'viu' backend

--off

Shortcut to use 'off' backend (Disable ascii art).

NOTE: 'source; can be any of the following: 'auto', 'ascii', 'wallpaper', '/path/to/img', '/path/to/ascii', '/path/to/dir/'

ASCII:¶

--ascii_colors x x x x x x

Colors to print the ascii art

--ascii_distro distro

Which Distro's ascii art to print

NOTE: Ad??lie, aerOS, Afterglow, AIX, AlmaLinux, Alpine, Alter,

Amazon, AmogOS, Anarchy, Android, Antergos, antiX, AOSC OS, Aperio GNU/Linux, Aperture, Apricity, Arch, ArchBox, Archcraft, archcraft_ascii, archcraft_minimal, ARCHlabs, ArchMerge, ArchStrike, ArcoLinux, ArseLinux, Artix, Arya, Asahi, AsteroidOS, astOS, Astra Linux, Athena, azos, Bedrock, BigLinux, Bitrig, BlackArch, blackPanther, BLAG, BlankOn, BlueLight, Bodhi, bonsai, BSD, BunsenLabs, CachyOS, Calculate, CalinixOS, Carbs, CBL-Mariner, CelOS, Center, CentOS, Chakra, ChaletOS, Chapeau, ChonkySealOS, Chrom, Cleanjaro, Clear Linux OS, ClearOS, Clover, Cobalt, Condres, Container Linux by CoreOS, CRUX, Crystal Linux, Cucumber, CutefishOS, CuteOS, CyberOS, dahlia, DarkOs, Darwin, Debian, Deepin, DesaOS, Devuan, DietPi, digital UNIX, DracOS, DragonFly, Drauger, Droidian, Elementary, Elive, EncryptOS, EndeavourOS, Endless, Enso, EuroLinux, EvolutionOS, Exherbo, Exodia Predator OS, Fedora, FemboyOS, Feren, Finnix, Floflis, FreeBSD, FreeMiNT, Frugalware, Funtoo, GalliumOS, Garuda, Gentoo, GhostBSD, glaucus, gNewSense, GNOME, GNU, GoboLinux, GrapheneOS, Grombyang, Guix, Haiku, HamoniKR, HarDClanZ, Hash, Huayra, Hybrid, HydroOS, Hyperbola, iglunix, instantOS, Interix, IRIX, Itc, januslinux, Kaisen, Kali, KaOS, KDE, Kibojoe, Kogaion, Korora, KrassOS, KSLinux, Kubuntu, LainOS, LangitKetujuh, LaxerOS, LEDE, LibreELEC, Linspire, Linux, Linux Lite, Linux Mint, Linux Mint Old, Live Raizo, LMDE, Lubuntu, Lunar, mac, Mageia, MagpieOS, MainsailOS, Mandriva, Manjaro, MassOS, MatuusOS, Maui, Meowix, Mer, Minix, MIRACLE LINUX, MX, Namib, NekOS, Neptune, NetBSD, Netrunner, Nitrux, NixOS, Nobara, NomadBSD, Nurunner, NuTyX, Obarun, OBRevenge, OmniOS, Open Source Media Center, OpenBSD, openEuler, OpenIndiana, openKylin, openmamba, OpenMandriva, OpenStage, openSUSE, openSUSE Leap, openSUSE Tumbleweed, OPNsense, Oracle, orchid, OS Elbrus, PacBSD, Panwah, Parabola, parch, Pardus, Parrot, Parsix, PCBSD, PCLinuxOS, pearOS, Pengwin, Pentoo, Peppermint, Peropesis, phyOS, PikaOS, Pisi, PNM Linux, Pop!_OS, Porteus, PostMarketOS, Profelis SambaBOX, Proxmox, PuffOS, Puppy, PureOS, Q4OS, Qubes, Qubyt, Quibian, Radix, Raspbian, ravynOS, Reborn OS, Red Star, Redcore, Redhat, Refracted Devuan, Regata, Regolith, RhaymOS, rocky, Rosa, Sabayon, sabotage, Sailfish, SalentOS, Salient OS, Salix, Sasanqua, Scientific, semc, Septor, Serene, SharkLinux, ShastraOS, Siduction, SkiffOS, Slackel, Slackware, SliTaz, SmartOS, Soda, Solus, Source Mage, Sparky, Star, SteamOS, Stock Linux, Sulin, SunOS, SwagArch, t2, Tails, TeArch, TorizonCore, Trisquel, Twister, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Sway, Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu-GNOME, ubuntu_old02, Ultramarine Linux, unicodearch, Univalent, Univention, Uos, UrukOS, uwuntu, Vanilla, Venom, VNux, Void, VzLinux, wii-linux-ngx, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows95, Wrt, Xenia, Xenia2, XFerience, Xray_OS, Xubuntu, yiffOS, Zorin have ascii logos.

NOTE: arch, dragonfly, Fedora, LangitKetujuh, nixos, redhat, Ubuntu

have 'old' logo variants, use {distro}_old to use them.

NOTE: alpine, android, arch, arcolinux, artix, CalinixOS, centos,

cleanjaro, crux, debian, dragonfly, elementary, endeavouros, fedora, freebsd, garuda, gentoo, guix, haiku, hyperbola, kali, Linux, linuxlite, linuxmint, mac, mageia, MainsailOS, manjaro, mx, netbsd, nixos, openbsd, opensuse, orchid, parabola, popos, postmarketos, pureos, Raspbian, rocky, slackware, sunos, ubuntu, venom, void have 'small' logo variants, use {distro}_small to use them.

--ascii_bold on/off

Whether or not to bold the ascii logo.

-L, --logo

Hide the info text and only show the ascii logo.

IMAGE:¶

--loop

Redraw the image constantly until Ctrl+C is used. This fixes issues in some terminals emulators when using image mode.

--size 00px | --size 00%

How to size the image. Possible values: auto, 00px, 00%, none

--catimg_size 1/2

Change the resolution of catimg.

--crop_mode mode

Which crop mode to use Takes the values: normal, fit, fill

--crop_offset value

Change the crop offset for normal mode. Possible values: northwest, north, northeast, west, center, east, southwest, south, southeast

--xoffset px

How close the image will be to the left edge of the window. This only works with w3m.

--yoffset px

How close the image will be to the top edge of the window. This only works with w3m.

--bg_color color

Background color to display behind transparent image. This only works with w3m.

--gap num

Gap between image and text.

NOTE: --gap can take a negative value which will move the text

closer to the left side.

--clean

Delete cached files and thumbnails.

OTHER:¶

--config /path/to/config

Specify a path to a custom config file

--config none

Launch the script without a config file

--no_config

Don't create the user config file.

--print_config

Print the default config file to stdout.

--stdout=on

Turn off all colors and disables any ASCII/image backend.

--stdout=off

Enable the colored output and ASCII/image backend

--stdout=auto

Let the program decide basing on the output type (default behavior)

--stdout

Equivalent to '--stdout=on', for backward compatibility

--help

Print this text and exit

--version

Show neofetch version

-v

Display error messages.

-vv

Display a verbose log for error reporting.

DEVELOPER:¶

--gen-man

Generate a manpage for Neofetch in your PWD. (Requires GNU help2man)