This version of neofetch is vastly different from the previous versions and this changelog won't cover everything that's changed. Have a look through the commit history for more info.

There were a lot of major changes to how things work in this release so I'm expecting bugs/things not working for people. Depending on what comes up we my release a few 1.8.X versions.

This changelog is a bit of a mess this time around and I apologize but it should at least get the message across.

Android support didn't make it into this release as it requires testing on more devices. If you've got a device running android and would like to help test out the branch, check out the open PR here: #322

This release also saw a lot more contributors which makes me really happy. Thanks to those below for helping out. :)

Contributors

• @hashhar
• @williamkray
• @dar-irl
• @gabe565
• @maddcoder
• @iandrewt
• @aranega
• @vendion
• @konimex
• @undrskr

General

• Added --version to print the neofetch version.
• Fix issue when title and background were both color 7.
• Fix issue with incorrect text color when barinfo is set.
• Fixed various Travis.ci bugs.
• Fix lint errors.
• Moved all whitespace trimming to a dedicated function.
  • Neofetch will no longer have any whitespace issues in the output.
  • See trim()
• Quote all variable/command substitutions.
• Removed line_wrap as having it set to on broke the output.
• Removed stdout mode since it's been broken for a while now and I don't see the<br> point in fixing it.
• Removed in-script config in favor of sourcing the default user config.
• Remove all instances of ! -z since they're pointless.
• Remove all bc usage by simplifying math.
• Suppress getconfig and getscriptdir errors.
• Suppress xprop errors since it's now an optional dependency.
• The prompt is now dynamically set in image mode instead of being anchored to the<br > bottom of the window. See #279 and #299 for examples.
• The title at the top is now much more colorful.
• Moved commands near the bottom of the script to a new function called main.
• Use read -s instead of stty -echo and stty +echo.
• Use faster $(()) syntax for index variables.
• -v now shows where the config files were sourced from.
• Cleanup
• Neofetch no longer clears the screen when run in ascii or image=off modes.
  • You can use the old behavior by aliasing clear && neofetch to neofetch.

OS

• Added support for Windows 10 Linux subsystem. @konimex
• Added support for GuixSD. @konimex
• Added support for Devuan Linux.
• Added support for GalliumOS.
• Added support for Openwrt.
• Added support for PacBSD. @vendion
• Added support for Rosa.
• Added support for Solaris (Oracle / OpenIndiana). @konimex
• Added support for macOS Sierra. @iandrewt
• Fixed various iOS related issues.

Packages

• Added Cydia package for iOS.
  • See https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch#ios-1

Info

Terminal and Terminal Font<br >

• Added term function to display current terminal emulator. [1]
• Added termfont function to display current terminal font. [2]

[1] Both of these functions are enabled by default. [2] See this wiki page for more info about the functions: Link

Model<br >

• Added model a new function which displays your device's product vendor/name.

Distro<br >

• Added distro_shorthand @konimex

Title<br >

• Added additional fallback which gets the current username from $HOME.

Color Blocks<br >

• Added --block_height / $block_height to change the number of lines high each<br > block will be.

Resolution<br >

• [Windows] Fix resolution on Windows 10. @dar-irl
• [Mac OS X] Hide refresh rate if 0. @iandrewt
• Fixed xrandr output on systems not using gawk.
• [Linux / BSD] Shortened refresh rate output.

Shell<br >

• Show fish shell version. @maddcoder

Song<br >

• Added support for Deadbeef. @konimex
• Added support for Amarok. @konimex
• Added support for Banshee. @konimex
• Added support for Rhythmbox. @konimex
• [Cmus] Prevent tag artistsort from showing up in song title. @williamkray
• [Cmus] Fix order of music tags. @iandrewt
• [Cmus] The function now works on both OS X and Linux.
• [iTunes] Fix song not displaying. @iandrewt

CPU<br >

• Simplify CPU Core command.

CPU Usage<br >

• Fixed broken CPU usage output on BSD and Windows.
• Fixed misleading output on Linux / Mac OS X.
• Moved CPU Usage to its own dedicated function.

Image

• Added image support for terminology with tycat. @aranega [1]
• Fixed issues with lines getting drawn through images. See #296
• Added --crop_mode none / crop_mode=none to disable cropping the images.
• Added --size none / size=none to disable resizing / cropping the images.
• Removed image_position
• --image off now behaves like the other image modes.

[1] tycat is a terminology builtin that works similarly to w3m-img. Those using terminology<br > now have working image support.

Shuffle mode

• Fixed directory going out of bounds causing a fallback to ascii mode. @gabe565
• Simplified shuffle function.
• Path no longer requires a / at the end. @aranega

Ascii

• Add ascii_bold which allows you to bold the ascii art.
• Added --ascii_distro mac as a shorter way of using the OS X ascii.
• Added missing $ascii_distro config option.
• Better Ubuntu-GNOME ascii art. @hashhar
• Custom ascii files (--ascii path/to/ascii_file) now follow the same format as the<br> distro ascii files. See this wiki page that explains the syntax. Link
• Fix a color issue with Debian's ascii logo.
• Fix an error with an unescaped char in Windows' ascii art.
• Use a pure bash solution to getting ascii size.
• Updated Solus ascii art to match new logo. @undrskr