pfetch VS FiraCode

Compare pfetch vs FiraCode and see what are their differences.

pfetch

🐧 A pretty system information tool written in POSIX sh. (by dylanaraps)

FiraCode

Free monospaced font with programming ligatures (by tonsky)
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pfetch FiraCode
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2,005 75,287
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0.0 6.1
3 months ago about 2 months ago
Shell Clojure
MIT License SIL Open Font License 1.1
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pfetch

Posts with mentions or reviews of pfetch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-08.
  • Pure Bash Bible
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Aug 2023
    > does NetBSD sh or FreeBSD sh have them.

    Yes and yes. My FreeBSD machine has not even been updated in 5 years, if that helps.

    > What's the point of "pure sh" if it's restricted to specific versions of shells.

    The aforementioned features have been implemented for a very long time. The issues with old versions of dash I mentioned were crashes for very simple things, which is simply a bug rather than some fancy new-fangled feature that was yet to be implemented. Plus, the bible specifically listed workarounds for them.

    dylanaraps has quite a prolific collection of shell programs, and they run on a variety of operating systems. Most notably, pfetch[1] runs on Linux, Android, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Minix, Haiku, macOS, Solaris and IRIX. I assure you that he is fully aware of the importance of compatibility.

    His pure Bash bible even has very thorough warnings for Bash versions required, since macOS uses Bash 3.2 (released in 2006) due to licensing reasons.

    [1] https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch

  • I have finally installed Linux From Scratch! (Yes neofetch was necessary)
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 11 Jul 2023
    If it has a tarball it can be installed and pfetch does have one.
  • Fresh gnome 44 setup
    6 projects | /r/gnome | 5 May 2023
    The terminal in use is console, with pfetch and zsh-powerlevel10k
  • VanillaOS logo for pfetch
    2 projects | /r/vanillaos | 25 Mar 2023
    If you know pfetch, I recently rewrote it in Rust and also added a bunch of logos, including one for Vanilla OS.
  • SteamOS logo for pfetch
    3 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 25 Mar 2023
    The logo is also backwards compatible with the original pfetch by dylanaraps written in POSIX sh, if you prefer that.
  • Updated Pop! OS logo in pfetch-rs
    2 projects | /r/pop_os | 18 Mar 2023
    If you have used pfetch before, I rewrote it in Rust, resulting in an about 10x faster execution time. It also includes a new ascii logo for Pop! OS that was made by Github user ThomasM92 for the original pfetch, but was sadly never merged.
  • pfetch-rs - A rewrite of pfetch in Rust
    3 projects | /r/rust | 18 Feb 2023
    pfetch is a popular system utility written in POSIX sh that displays system information. I rewrote the tool in Rust, making it run 10x faster. Repo: https://github.com/Gobidev/pfetch-rs
  • I rewrote pfetch in Rust
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 16 Feb 2023
    Most of you are probably familiar with pfetch by dylanaraps.
  • Since Neofetch is no longer maintained, what are some good alternatives?
    10 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 6 Jan 2023
    https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch is not maintained. No commits since 2021.
  • Lightly Riced, Very Usable Pop! Install
    7 projects | /r/pop_os | 4 Jan 2023
    pfetch

FiraCode

Posts with mentions or reviews of FiraCode. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-30.
  • I Just Wanted Emacs to Look Nice – Using 24-Bit Color in Terminals
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Jan 2024
    IME, this is like the golden age of terminal apps in general and macOS-compatible ones in particular. There are several really good terminals for macOS:

    [iTerm2 app](https://iterm2.com/)

    [Kitty terminal](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/)

    [WezTerm terminal](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/index.html)

    [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty)

    My daily driver is WezTerm…

    - Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows 10 and FreeBSD

    - [Multiplex terminal panes, tabs and windows on local and remote hosts, with native mouse and scrollback](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/multiplexing.html)

    - [Ligatures](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#fira-code-monospaced-font...), Color Emoji and font fallback, with true color and [dynamic color schemes](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/config/appearance.html#colors).

    - [Hyperlinks](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/hyperlinks.html)

    - [Searchable Scrollback](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/scrollback.html) (use mouse wheel and `Shift-PageUp` and `Shift PageDown` to navigate, Ctrl-Shift-F to activate search mode)

    - xterm style selection of text with mouse; paste selection via `Shift-Insert` (bracketed paste is supported!)

    - SGR style mouse reporting (works in vim and tmux)

    - Render underline, double-underline, italic, bold, strikethrough (most other terminal emulators do not support as many render attributes)

    - Configuration via a [configuration file](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/config/files.html) with hot reloading

    - Multiple Windows (Hotkey: `Super-N`)

    - Splits/Panes (Split horizontally/vertically: `Ctrl-Shift-Alt-%` and `Ctrl-Shift-Alt-"`, move between panes: `Ctrl-Shift-ArrowKey`)

    - Tabs (Hotkey: `Super-T`, next/prev: `Super-Shift-[` and `Super-Shift-]`, go-to: `Super-[1-9]`)

    - [SSH client with native tabs](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/ssh.html)

    - [Connect to serial ports for embedded/Arduino work](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/serial.html)

    - Connect to a local multiplexer server over unix domain sockets

    - Connect to a remote multiplexer using SSH or TLS over TCP/IP

    - iTerm2 compatible image protocol support, and built-in [imgcat command](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/imgcat.html)

    - Kitty graphics support

    - Sixel graphics support (experimental: starting in `20200620-160318-e00b076c`)

  • Icons cut off when using using Konsole?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 7 Dec 2023
    I use Konsole without any problem. Check the font. I recommend you to use one from here: https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads. I personally use FiraCode medium patched with this tool to change the @ and the & symbols (ss03 and ss05). If you like that font, here you could get the codes to match your needs https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
  • What font are you using and why?
    5 projects | /r/vscode | 6 Dec 2023
    Fira Code with Ligatures Enabled but also Ligatures Limited - (as per wiki), to make sure those Ligatures are not where you don't want them to be.
  • copilotIsntGonnaLetMeDown
    1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 6 Dec 2023
    Seriously though this is my recommendation: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
  • which Font do you use?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Dec 2023
    https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode give it try
  • Berkeley Mono Typeface
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Nov 2023
    I was the same until I started using Fira Code and don't think I'll ever go back to anything else. the ligatures are worth it

    https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

  • Mis 3 fuentes favoritas Open Source para VSCode 😎
    1 project | dev.to | 18 Sep 2023
  • Elevate Your Frontend Productivity Must-Have Tools and Configurations
    6 projects | dev.to | 22 Jul 2023
    Fira Code: A monospaced font with ligatures that enhance code legibility.
  • FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures
    1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 22 Jul 2023
    1 project | /r/hypeurls | 20 Jul 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pfetch and FiraCode you can also consider the following projects:

neofetch - 🖼️ A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+

nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

cfetch - A simple system information tool for Linux. [Moved to: https://github.com/kluntze/cfetch]

cascadia-code - This is a fun, new monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal.

rxfetch - A custom system info fetching tool

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

xmobar - A minimalistic status bar

source-code-pro - Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments

polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

Hack - A typeface designed for source code

onedark.vim - A dark Vim/Neovim color scheme inspired by Atom's One Dark syntax theme.

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability