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
Yes, it’s been long abandoned - no updates in over 3 years. Anyways, this is why alternatives like hyfetch, fastfetch (and others) exist.
It definitely seems abandoned. Here’s an issue in the GH repo asking the same question https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/issues/2453
There are 1.5k forks, seems like somebody could carry the torch forward if they were interested. Could be a good way to build experience and reputation.
How does it work, one requests the devs to take over the project or clones it?
Sure, reach out to the dev to ask to help maintain it if you want to keep the repo. If that doesn’t work, clone it to your own repo.
Just like xz!
Yeah! Just… without the bullying and exploits.
i hate always having to find out years later some software i use has been unmantained for years.
there should at least be some sort of notification when this happens baked in to package managers
On the flip side, some packages just do something incredibly simple like print some info about your machine along with an ASCII image, and there’s not really anything else to do once it’s feature complete.
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I’m not a smart man, but I know what a good distro is.
- Forrest Gump, if he was a Linux user
Yes long ago, I use hyfetch now (although neofetch has been argued by some to be completed meaning never needing any more updates)
I’d argue against Neofetch being completed. PRs to properly handle custom colors in the terminal properly for example have been open for years.
Yeah one of the Asahi guys was also confused about why people still use neofetch: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111018734178152229
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.
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
