Ive noticed its has been any activity in their github for a longtime. https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch

There are a few more info that could be added nowadays like Display Protocol (Wayland/X11) and Display size. FastFetch does this but Neofetch is globally recognized.

Fastfetch vs Neofetch

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzM
    29·
    2 years ago

    Yes, it’s been long abandoned - no updates in over 3 years. Anyways, this is why alternatives like hyfetch, fastfetch (and others) exist.

  • eos300v@slrpnk.net
    252·
    2 years ago

    What’s wrong with no updates in 3 years? In my eyes, the software still does what it says in the box, meaning it is finished software. Games on the SNES are finished and haven’t had updates in 20+ years, I feel like software should be the same

    • gun@lemmy.ml
      9·
      2 years ago

      There are some things that do change. In my case, it says my window manager is sway when it is actually river. So certain things will stop working as expected if it is not maintained. This is different from a game, because as systems change, it doesn’t affect how the game works if the platform it runs on can be emulated. In a sense, the game is still being updated because the emulators required to use it are being updated.

  • femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Yes long ago, I use hyfetch now (although neofetch has been argued by some to be completed meaning never needing any more updates)

    • exu@feditown.comEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I’d argue against Neofetch being completed. PRs to properly handle custom colors in the terminal properly for example have been open for years.

  • UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 years ago

    it could display more info, but it doesn’t need to. And as far as projects go, if you don’t want a full diag, or have an ARM cpu (as someone else said), I’d argue it’s done. You don’t need to change a finished program.

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 years ago

    I switched to fastfetch because neofetch was abandoned as far as I know. Or it might be that development just slowed down. Also fastfetch is faster than neofetch, even if its only very slightly faster, its noticeable (and I personally find neofetch annoyingly slow). And as one can see in the comparison image from you, fastfetch provides more info by default.

    Also the developers react and implement bug fixes or other features quickly (7 open, 403 closed issues): https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’ve heard fastfetch is a lot better but I tend to have neofetch installed anyway because it’s the known one