What
Tinyfetch is a small command line system information tool. As it is now it is extremely limited in scope, mainly fetching the user and hostnames as well as basic system info like the operating system, kernel, cpu, and gpu. I targeted Linux and MacOS (both arm and x86) since those are the machines I most often use.
Why
Given the recent archival of the popular command line tool neofetch, I saw it as an oppurtunity to practice some lower level programming while learning more about where information about my system comes from.
How
Tinyfetch was written in pure C with a makefile for compiling the code based on both the operating system and the architecture of your system. When run, tinyfetch will grab a few pieces of information about the system then print them to your screen with some nice colors for visual pop.
What Next?
Tinyfeth was really a jumping off point for getting back into lower lecel programming. I plan to expand tinyfetch to support Windows as well as a few more Linux distrobutions and grab more system information. Since this is a learning oppurtunity and not a product, I only plan to add the few extra goodies that interest me and seem like they might add some challenge. A few of these goodies are, ascii art of your operating system (or really anything), ways to customize the output, number of packages installed on your system, and ram/storage information. These feature will designate a 1.0 release. Ill probably make another post when its all added and tested.