fetchit is a Linux terminal system information viewer written in C++. It's a single-file program (main.cpp) that prints a colored distro logo (when available) alongside system and hardware info, similar to neofetch/fastfetch.

Features

Shows: distro, kernel, uptime, shell, CPU, GPU, RAM, and "OS Date".
Distro detection via /etc/os-release (PRETTY_NAME for display, ID for logo matching).
Colored ASCII distro logos for supported distros.
GPU detection by scanning PCI devices (/sys/bus/pci/devices/) for class 0x03*.
GPU name resolution via /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids (falls back to hex IDs if missing).
Accounts for Unicode character width for better alignment in terminals.

Supported Distro Logos

Logos are matched against /etc/os-release ID:

arch, cachyos, debian, ubuntu, fedora, manjaro, opensuse, pop, linuxmint, endeavouros, void, alpine

Requirements

Linux
A C++17-capable compiler (default: g++)
UTF-8 locale + ANSI color support (recommended for icons/colors)
Reads the following files/paths:
- /etc/os-release
- /etc/hostname
- /proc/uptime
- /proc/cpuinfo
- /proc/meminfo
- /sys/bus/pci/devices/
- /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq
- /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids (optional)

Build

Using the Makefile (recommended)

make

Binary output: build/fetchit

Run:

make run

Manual build

g++ -O2 -Wall -Wextra -std=c++17 -pipe -o fetchit main.cpp

Install / Uninstall

Install:

sudo make install

Defaults:

PREFIX=/usr/local
BINDIR=$(PREFIX)/bin
Installs to: /usr/local/bin/fetchit

Uninstall:

sudo make uninstall

Packaging-friendly variables:

DESTDIR (staging root)
PREFIX, BINDIR

Example:

make install PREFIX=/usr BINDIR=/usr/bin DESTDIR=/tmp/pkgroot

Distribution Archive

Create a tar.gz containing the built binary:

make dist

Output: dist/fetchit-<version>-linux-x86_64-gnu.tar.gz

<version> is derived from: git describe --tags --dirty --always (when available)

Full release pipeline:

make release

Notes

shell is taken from $SHELL and printed as the basename (e.g. bash, not /usr/bin/bash).
OS Date is computed from /etc/hostname file metadata (ctime) as an elapsed duration; it may not equal the OS install date.
If pci.ids is unavailable, GPU(s) are printed as hex IDs like 0xVVVV:0xDDDD.
If no distro logo matches, the logo section will be empty and only info lines are shown.

Sample Output

                               --- user@host ---

      /\             distro:      Arch Linux
     /  \            kernel:      7.0.10-arch1-1
    /    \           uptime:      12 minutes
   /      \          shell:       bash
  /   ,,   \        󰍛 CPU:         ... (N) @ X.XX GHz
 /   |  |   \       󰾲 GPU:         ...
/_-''    ''-_\       RAM:         15.25 GB
                     OS Date:     6 months 17 days 3 hours 40 minutes