# Install fastfetch with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Like neofetch, but much faster because written mostly in C. Version 2.65.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fastfetch ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fastfetch ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fastfetch ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fastfetch/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fastfetch ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fastfetch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fastfetch ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: fastfetch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install fastfetch ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fastfetch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fastfetch ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fastfetch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S fastfetch ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: fastfetch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install fastfetch ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fastfetch from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install fastfetch ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: fastfetch from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','fah' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/fastfetch ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fastfetch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Fastfetch-cli.Fastfetch -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Fastfetch-cli.Fastfetch from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fastfetch - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.65.2 - **Source summary:** Like neofetch, but much faster because written mostly in C - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T14:40:08Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - fastfetch (cli) - fastfetch (alias) ## Dependencies - yyjson ## Build dependencies - chafa - cmake - glib - imagemagick - lua - pkgconf - python@3.14 - vulkan-loader ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.65.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - Upstream latest detected: 2.65.2 (current) ## Project history and usage fastfetch is a neofetch-like system information tool written mainly in C, with an emphasis on speed, active maintenance, broad platform support, and JSONC-based customization. It became one of the main successors in the terminal screenshot and system-info niche after neofetch stagnated. ### Project history The official README positions fastfetch as a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying it attractively. Unlike shell-script-oriented predecessors, fastfetch is written mainly in C and targets performance and customizability across Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, BSDs, Haiku, and SunOS-family systems. The project documents a 1.0.0 tag series and a large 2.x release line in its Git tags. Its README emphasizes ongoing CI, releases, package availability, platform screenshots, presets, JSON schema documentation, and active support expectations for current versions. fastfetch uses JSONC configuration and can generate a default config at `~/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc`. It also exposes a large module system, formatting controls, logo options, JSON output, presets, and warnings about arbitrary shell commands in untrusted configs. ### Adoption history fastfetch adoption grew through the same channels that made neofetch familiar: shell startup screenshots, distro displays, terminal customization, and system inventory snippets. The README explicitly compares it with neofetch and argues for fastfetch on active maintenance, speed, feature count, configurability, polish, and accuracy. The official README lists install paths across many package ecosystems: Debian and Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, Gentoo, Alpine, NixOS, openSUSE, Slackware, Void, Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, Chocolatey, winget, MSYS2, BSD package managers, and Termux. That unusually broad package coverage is a major part of its adoption story. ### How it is used The simplest use is `fastfetch`, which prints a compact system summary. Users can run `fastfetch -c all.jsonc` to enable all supported modules, `fastfetch -s ... --format json` to extract machine-readable data, or `fastfetch --gen-config` to create a JSONC configuration file. Customization is the main advanced workflow: users select modules, format fields, choose logos or images, load presets, tune colors, and wire the command into interactive shells. The README also documents practical troubleshooting for privacy-related local IP display, root/Xauthority issues, p10k instant prompt interactions, image protocols, and package-count differences from neofetch. ### Why package nerds care fastfetch is package-nerd significant because it turned a screenshot-culture tool into a cross-platform compiled utility with many optional platform probes. Packaging it well means deciding which detection libraries, image backends, and platform integrations are available while keeping the tool fast and dependency-conscious. It also became a visible example of replacement-package momentum: once a beloved package becomes unmaintained, distributions and users look for a drop-in-ish successor that is faster, packaged everywhere, and still has maintainers. ### Timeline - 1.0.0: Public tag series existed before the larger 2.x line. - 2.x: The project expanded release cadence and package availability across desktop, server, mobile, and BSD ecosystems. - 2025: README notes include current Windows image-protocol support details and broad distribution support. - 2026: Homebrew, MacPorts, Windows package managers, BSD package managers, Termux, and major Linux distributions are listed as installation options. ### Related projects - neofetch is the direct comparison point and cultural predecessor. - screenfetch and other system-info display tools occupy the same terminal customization niche. - p10k, terminal image protocols, JSON schema tooling, and distro package managers appear in fastfetch's documented usage surface. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fastfetch. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fastfetch - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - fastfetch - 2.40.4+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fastfetch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | neofetch-like tool for fetching system information | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - Nix - fastfetch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fastfetch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - fastfetch - 2.64.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fastfetch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch-like system information tool | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - apk - fastfetch-bash-completion - 2.64.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fastfetch-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for fastfetch | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - apk - fastfetch-doc - 2.64.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fastfetch-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch-like system information tool (documentation) | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - apk - fastfetch-fish-completion - 2.64.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fastfetch-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for fastfetch | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - apk - fastfetch-zsh-completion - 2.64.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fastfetch-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for fastfetch | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - dnf - fastfetch - 2.63.1-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fastfetch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Fast neofetch-like system information tool | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - pacman - fastfetch - 2.64.2-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: fastfetch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A feature-rich and performance oriented neofetch like system information tool | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - zypper - fastfetch - 2.64.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fastfetch from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Neofetch-like tool written mostly in C | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - zypper - fastfetch-bash-completion - 2.64.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fastfetch-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for fastfetch | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - zypper - fastfetch-fish-completion - 2.64.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fastfetch-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for fastfetch | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - zypper - fastfetch-zsh-completion - 2.64.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fastfetch-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for fastfetch | https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch - MacPorts - fastfetch: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fastfetch/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - fastfetch: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: fastfetch from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','fah' - Scoop - main/fastfetch: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fastfetch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [chafa](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chafa/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [imagemagick](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imagemagick/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [hyfetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyfetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, system-information. - [pfetch-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pfetch-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, system-information. - [screenfetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/screenfetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, system-information. - [ccd2iso](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccd2iso/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, system. - [chmlib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chmlib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, system. - [clzip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clzip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, system. - [inxi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/inxi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system, system-information. - [jemalloc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jemalloc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fastfetch.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fastfetch.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph