macchina

Fast, minimal and customizable system information frontend.

Linux • macOS • Windows • NetBSD • FreeBSD • OpenWrt • Android

About

macchina lets you view system information, like your kernel version, uptime, memory usage, processor load and much more. macchina is basic by default and extensible by design.

If you're interested in the library macchina uses to fetch system information, have a look at libmacchina; fetching-related issues should be filed on that repository.

Status

macchina is currently in maintenance mode, meaning bug fixes and little optimizations are much more prioritized over the addition of new features. This is due to the fact that we (the authors) do not have the time to focus on moving the project forward, or expanding on what is currently offered while keeping up with the demanding nature of our lives. macchina will at some point (although I can't say when) leave this stage and implement all the bells and whistles the community has been requesting.

We hope you understand our situation and continue to support macchina.

Benchmarks

Check out the benchmarks wiki page.

Features

Themes

macchina has a theming system which you can use to customize pretty much any visual aspect of the program. Themes live outside the configuration file, so you can create a bunch of them and switch between them at any time.

Why are they separate?

• Modularity — themes are an engine of their own, and their sole purpose is to provide an interface that allows for the modification of macchina's visual components. It makes sense to separate them from the main configuration file.

• Portability — sure, the configuration file is shareable, but what if you wanted to share the look of your macchina and not its behavior? What if you wanted to switch between dozens of themes that you very carefully designed? The way we handle customization answers this need.

Learn how to make your own.

Doctor

In the event of fetching failures, which can occur for various reasons, the --doctor flag that can tell you why that might be happening.

Configuration

See the configuration wiki page.

Customization

Have a look at the customization wiki page.

Installation

Check out the installation wiki page. We also provide prebuilt binaries with every release.

Contributors

macchina like many other open source projects, would not be where it is right now without the help of its contributors. Whether you've helped drive it forward by contributing to the codebase, packaged it so we didn't have to, or recommended it to someone you know — we truly appreciate your support!

The following is a list of awesome people that have truly shaped macchina:

• pin: Provided massive amounts of help, feedback and testing, and is currently packaging macchina on NetBSD.
• 123marvin123: Co-author of (lib)macchina and author of countless high-quality contributions and primarily, support for macOS and Windows.
• uttarayan21: Co-author of (lib)macchina and author of numerous shipshape contributions and primarily, support for Android and OpenWrt.

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