pfetch VS polybar-themes

Compare pfetch vs polybar-themes and see what are their differences.

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pfetch polybar-themes
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0.0 6.7
3 months ago about 1 month ago
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MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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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

polybar-themes

Posts with mentions or reviews of polybar-themes. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-31.
  • WiFi and Ethernet disconnecting on Asus X670E-E (AX210 / I225-V)
    1 project | /r/archcraft | 5 Jul 2023
    I did try other kernels and what worked with me is to basically create a custom arch install. There seems to be a specific kernel/driver combination that works well with the WiFi/Ethernet drivers on my board and I can't just force some wifi drivers on the current kernel (I think 81.ucode is the latest one for the wifi but its using a version lower than that which I've already tested by force loading). For now I'm very much thankful that you can basically study and copy Archcraft's code/packages/configs (and my backups as well) and set it up on my custom arch install though it did take a few hours but I probably managed to restore 90% of my previous setup as everything is already on github. As a bonus, I did use u/adi1090x polybar-themes as well (https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes) and study to integrate that pywal effect and basically add and integrate that on top of the default themes. But its just too cumbersome to edit one by one rather than having an already available distro so I'm still hoping for a permanent fix if any of you guys have an idea.
  • Last Post if Reddit Goes Down - [XFCE + Nord + Polybar]
    1 project | /r/linuxmint | 11 Jun 2023
  • This is the Craziesssssst Linux Mint rice I have ever done!
    1 project | /r/linuxmint | 5 May 2023
    Sorry man I woke up to exam announcement lol, here is the Conifg I am using for polybar: https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes
  • How can I make the Polybar bar look colorful like this
    1 project | /r/Polybar | 12 Jan 2023
  • Regarding Window Managers
    2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 31 Dec 2022
  • About Window Managers
    2 projects | /r/DistroTube | 30 Dec 2022
  • Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong to compile polybar?
    3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 16 Dec 2022
  • [screenshot] Finallymy void desktop is ready (and the audio works correctly)
    3 projects | /r/voidlinux | 21 Nov 2022
    If you want to replace some components, you could get polybar instead of the XFCE panel and rofi as the app launcher. Aditya Shakya (/u/adi1090x) has great collections of themes for polybar and rofi.
  • Polybar, Powermenu
    1 project | /r/Polybar | 28 Oct 2022
    I am currently using Debian 11 with openbox and my polybar powermenu isn't fully working shutdown, and restart are the only two that are working logout and sleep are not working and the polybar config is weird I try to edit the config and it just doesn't work I've been trying to make the polybar be on top of my screen but it just stays on the bottom. I am currently using an already made polybar called colorblocks https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes and I want to get rid of some modules as well.
  • Installing bspwm and polybar on a fresh install of Debian
    1 project | /r/u_DonaldLucas | 27 Oct 2022
    //install git $ sudo apt install git-all //installing feh to change wallpaper $ sudo apt install feh //change wallpaper $ feh --bg-scale /wallpaper_path/your_wallpaper.png $ nano ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc //add this and save: ${HOME}/.fehbg //fonts and wallpapers: $ git clone https://github.com/terroo/fonts.git $ cd fonts/fonts && cp *.ttf *.otf $HOME/.local/share/fonts/ $ c-cache -fv //create configuration file for polybar $ mkdir -p ~/.config/polybar $ cp /usr/share/doc/polybar/config ~/.config/polybar //installing themes $ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes.git $ cd polybar-themes $ chmod +x setup.sh $ ./setup.sh [?] Select Option : 1 //choose theme $ bash ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh Usage : launch.sh --theme Available Themes : --blocks --colorblocks --cuts --docky --forest --grayblocks --hack --material --panels --pwidgets --shades --shapes $ bash ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh --choosen_theme $ nano ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc //add this and save: ${HOME}/.config/polybar/launch.sh --choosen_theme //run polybar $ polybar example &

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pfetch and polybar-themes you can also consider the following projects:

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

polybar-collection - Beautiful collection of Polybar themes

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

i3-starterpack - A simple guide (and example of configuration) to install i3 & its and essentials packages, then make them look eye candy.

rxfetch - A custom system info fetching tool

networkmanager-dmenu - Control NetworkManager via dmenu

xmobar - A minimalistic status bar

awesome-wm-widgets - Widgets for Awesome Window Manager

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

archcraft-i3wm - // Configuration : I3wm

afetch - Simple system info written in C

i3-and-kde-plasma - How to install the i3 window manager on KDE