Mitch: a minimal and colorful system information fetching tool written in C

Disclaimer: this is a personal project. I will still try to answer to/fix issues ASAP.

Mitch (which stands for "Mini Fetch" or "Minimal Fetch") is yet another Unix system information fetching tool written in C, designed to have minimal footprint (~30kb) and a minimal but colorful design.

Requirements

• gcc to compile the program and for the needed libraries
• make
• A font patched with Nerd Fonts (I'm using Fira Code)

Compiling

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/thatAkiraFox/mitch.git

Change to the cloned directory and compile the program using make

cd mitch/
make

You'll find a new executable called mitch in the current directory, you can execute it with ./mitch or you can place it in a folder in $PATH to make it executable from every location.

Configuration and Documentation

Well, the code is so barebones and simple that there's no frontend or config file like in other similar utilities.

I still commented the code as much as possible to help everyone understand what I did and why I did it, so you just need to understand my mess and then play around with the code until you get what you want 🤔

If you have issues understanding parts of the code you can open an issue and I will answer as soon as I can.

General Questions

Why C?

It's pretty much the only language I know well enoguh, and is also the one I've worked with the longest.

Ports to other languages could happen, maybe as a challenge for myself, but don't hold your breath 💀

Windows wen????

Probably never, my PC only has Fedora installed and I'm not willing to maintain a software for an OS that I don't actively use.

Thanks

• Nerd Fonts for the icons
• RabaDabaDoba for the full table of supported color codes in C
• The lads on Stack Overflow