LeenFetch is a fast, minimal, and customizable system information tool built in Rust — your alternative to Neofetch, for real power users.
It includes JSON output and remote fetching over SSH.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Blazing fast startup thanks to Rust.
- Customizable output layout with colorized terminal output.
- Modular design — enable or disable components via config.
- Smart defaults but easily extendable.
- Detects installed packages, shell, GPU, DE/WM, and more.
- Custom ASCII art support and override via config.
- Supports theme-based color profiles (ascii_colors=distro, etc.).
- Single JSONC config: ~/.config/leenfetch/config.jsonc.
- Accepts piped ASCII input — use fortune | cowsay | leenfetch for dynamic text logos.
- Fetch remote system info over SSH (–ssh @:…) and reuse pretty output per host.
- Machine-readable JSON output via –format json for scripting and dashboards.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and Windows.
Website: github.com/drunkleen/leenfetch
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Developer: DrunkLeen
License: MIT License
LeenFetch is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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Hi Steve. LeenFetch is cross-platform. 🙂