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- Version
- Architecture
- Current shell (from $SHELL, trimmed if store path)
- WM/Compositor and display backend
- Current Desktop (DE/WM/Compositor and display backend)
- Memory Usage/Total Memory
- Storage Usage/Total Storage (for `/` only)
- Shell Colors
- Did I mention fast?
## Installation
Microfetch is packaged in [nixpkgs](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs). You can
get it through the unstable channel for the time being. The Nix flake can also
be used for bleeding-edge builds.
Non-Nix users will have to build Microfetch with `cargo`.
Microfetch is _currently_ not available anywhere else. Though, does it _really_
have to be?
## Benchmarks
Microfetch's performance is mostly hardware-dependant, however, the overall
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benchmarks with Hyperfine on my desktop system.
| Command | Mean [ms] | Min [ms] | Max [ms] | Relative | Written by raf? |
| :----------- | ----------: | -------: | -------: | -------------: | ----------------:
| :----------- | ----------: | -------: | -------: | -------------: | --------------: |
| `microfetch` | 1.3 ± 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.00 | yes |
| `pfetch` | 254.2 ± 4.8 | 246.7 | 264.9 | 191.97 ± 7.10 | no |
| `neofetch` | 735.4 ± 9.5 | 721.1 | 752.8 | 555.48 ± 19.08 | no |