YKYH Picks
☰ Menu
Home›Terminal & Shell›screenfetch
CLI Open source 67 installs/mo

screenfetch for Mac

Generate ASCII art with terminal, shell, and OS info

Quick answer: screenfetch is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install screenfetch. It is distributed under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence. It has 67 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What screenfetch is

screenfetch is a terminal emulator for macOS: generate ASCII art with terminal, shell, and OS info.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch.

How to install screenfetch

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install screenfetch.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

Similar apps in Terminal & Shell

Closest apps in the same category, ordered by description similarity and install base. These are related tools, not confirmed substitutes; the comparison pages cover hand-picked head-to-head matchups.

ai-cliGenerate images, video, audio, and text from the terminalCLIOpen source64/motcshEnhanced, fully compatible version of the Berkeley C shellCLIOpen source67/moGloomberbFinance terminalAppOpen source65/moautoenvPer-project, per-directory shell environmentsCLIOpen source66/moslumberTerminal-based HTTP/REST clientCLIOpen source65/motsuzuriBlock-based Markdown notebook for the terminalCLIOpen source65/mo

Frequently asked questions

How do I install screenfetch on Mac?

Run brew install screenfetch in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is screenfetch open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Does screenfetch run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is screenfetch?

It was installed 67 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #4088 in this catalogue.

What version of screenfetch is current?

The latest packaged version is 3.9.9.