Fastfetch Login Preset

About

This is a preset for fastfetch that is intended to run on login when you open a terminal, or login to your server over SSH. It shows relavant system information and an ASCII logo of your operating system.

This preset requires a Nerd Font to be installed and set in your terminal to properly display the icons.

If you are using a mobile device (such as a laptop) you can use the login-mobile.jsonc preset instead to show power adaptor and battery information.

If your computer does not have an active Wi-Fi connection you can use the login-no-wifi.jsonc preset.

Here is a list of the modules included with this preset:

• title (user@hostname)
• datetime (MMM dd, yyyy: hh:mm:ss timezone)
• loadavg (1m, 5m, 15m)
• processes
• break
• OS
• kernel
• uptime
• packages
• break
• poweradapter — ⚠️ login-mobile.jsonc only
• battery [ {bar}{num}: {status} - {manufacturer} - {technology} - {cycles} ] — ⚠️ login-mobile.jsonc only
• memory [ {bar}{num}: {used} / {total} ]
• swap [ {bar}{num}: {used} / {total} ]
• drives [ {bar}{num}: {used} / {total} - {filesystem} ]
• break
• wifi [ {bar}{num}: {SSID} - {frequency} {channel} - {encryption} - {Rx} {Tx} ] — ❌ not included with login-no-wifi.jsonc
• localip [ {device} ({speed}) - {IPv4} - {IPv6} - {MAC} ]
• publicip [ {IPv4} {location} ]
• dns [ {IPv4} {IPv6} ]
• netio [ {IN} - {OUT} ]

Screenshots

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Server:

Mobile:

Install

1. Clone the Github repository:

   git clone https://github.com/benhaube/fastfetch-login-preset.git

2. Install fastfetch if you have not already:

   • Fedora/RHEL based distributions:

     sudo dnf install fastfetch

   • Debian/Ubuntu based distributions:

     sudo apt install fastfetch

   • Visit the fastfetch Github repository if it is not available in your distribution's package manager.

3. Backup your .bashrc file in case you make a mistake:

   cp .bashrc .bashrc.bkp

4. Enter the project directory:

   cd fastfetch-login-preset/

5. Copy the file login.jsonc to the /usr/share/fastfetch/presets/ directory and confirm fastfetch can see the preset:

   sudo cp login.jsonc /usr/share/fastfetch/presets/
   fastfetch --list-presets

6. Go back to your /home/user/ directory and edit the .bashrc file to add the fastfetch command:

   cd
   nano .bashrc

7. Add the following to the end of your .bashrc file:

   # Run the fastfetch command with the login.jsonc profile at login to show relavant system information
   fastfetch -c login

8. Ctrl+O and Enter to save the changes and Ctrl+X to close the file

Now you should be able to open a new terminal window or tab and see the fastfetch command run with the login.jsonc profile before you get your terminal prompt.