Fast, minimal and customizable system information frontend.
Linux • macOS • Windows • NetBSD • FreeBSD • OpenWrt • Android
macchina lets you view system information, like your kernel version, uptime, memory usage, processor load and much more. macchina is basic by default and extensible by design.
If you're interested in the library macchina uses to fetch system information, have a look at libmacchina; fetching-related issues should be filed on that repository.
macchina is currently in maintenance mode, i.e. bug fixes and little optimizations are much more prioritized over the addition of new features. This is due to the fact that, we (the authors) do not have the time to focus on moving the project forward, and expanding on what is currently offered while keeping up with the demanding nature of our lives. macchina will at some point, although I can't say when, leave this stage and implement all the bells and whistles the community has been requesting.
We hope you understand our situation and continue to support macchina.
Check out the benchmarks wiki page.
macchina has a theming system which you can use to customize pretty much any visual aspect of the program. Themes live outside the configuration file, so you can create a bunch of them and switch between them at any time.
Why are they separate?
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Modularity — themes are an engine of their own, and their sole purpose is to provide an interface that allows for the modification of macchina's visual components. It makes sense to separate them from the main configuration file.
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Portability — sure, the configuration file is shareable, but what if you wanted to share the look of your macchina and not its behavior? What if you wanted to switch between dozens of themes that you very carefully designed? The way we handle customization answers this need.
Learn how to make your own.
In the event of fetching failures, which can occur for various reasons, the
--doctor flag that can tell you why that might be happening.
See the configuration wiki page.
Have a look at the customization wiki page.
Check out the installation wiki page.
Prebuilt binaries are also provided with every release, feel free to use them.
macchina, like many other open source projects, would not be where it is right now without the help of its contributors — Whether you've helped drive it forward by contributing to the codebase, packaged it so we didn't have to, or recommended it to someone — We love you ❤️
The following is a list of awesome people that have truly shaped macchina:
- pin: Provided massive amounts of help, feedback and testing, and is currently packaging macchina on NetBSD.
- 123marvin123: Co-author of (lib)macchina and author of countless high-quality contributions and primarily, support for macOS and Windows.
- uttarayan21: Co-author of (lib)macchina and author of numerous shipshape contributions and primarily, support for Android and OpenWrt.
Looking to help? Read this first.
Some of the ASCII art displayed in macchina is not our own.
If you (the artist) are not okay with us using your ASCII art, please contact me.
- FreeBSD ASCII art (small variant) was taken from Dylan Araps' pfetch
- macOS ASCII art (big variant) was taken from Dylan Araps' Neofetch
- macOS ASCII art (small variant) was made by Joan Stark (jgs)
- Linux ASCII art (big variant) was made by Joan Stark (jgs)
- Linux ASCII art (small variant) was taken from Christopher Johnson's ASCII art collection (unknown artist)