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purefetch: a fastfetch-style system info tool in Rust with zero dependencies

BLOG ARTICLE Published on July 4, 2026

Written by ooonea.eth

Source: DEV Community - Linux 1 min read intermediate

Summary

I like neofetch / fastfetch, but I wanted one with a genuinely empty dependency graph β€” nothing pulled from crates.io. So I built purefetch: a small system-info fetcher written entirely in Rust using only std plus raw Linux syscalls. Disclosure up front: purefetch was built largely with AI assistance (Claude Code). I directed the design, and every change was reviewed and tested β€” including running it on four architectures under QEMU β€” but most of the code is AI-generated. I'd rather be hone...

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