🖥️ About This System

A better way to get system information on Linux

Modern, GTK4-based system information viewer inspired by macOS' "About This Mac" dialog.
NurOS' About This System provides a clean and elegant interface to display detailed system information.

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🌟 Features

• ✨ Modern GTK4 interface with libadwaita
• 💻 Comprehensive system info:
  • OS details & kernel version
  • CPU info (with libcpuid support)
  • Memory usage with percentages
  • GPU information
  • System uptime
  • Storage info
  • Serial number (when available)
• 📐 Responsive design for any window size
• 🖥️ Native Linux integration
• ⚡ Fast & lightweight (Vala + C)

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🛠️ Dependencies

Library	Purpose
GTK4 ≥ 4.6	GUI toolkit
libadwaita ≥ 1.2	Modern GNOME components
GLib ≥ 2.70	Core library
GIO	Virtual file system API
libcpuid	Optional: enhanced CPU info
Gee ≥ 0.8	Collections framework

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential meson valac libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev libglib2.0-dev libgio2.0-dev libcpuid-dev libgee-0.8-dev

Fedora:

sudo dnf install meson vala gtk4-devel libadwaita-devel glib2-devel libcpuid-devel libgee-devel

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S meson vala gtk4 libadwaita glib2 libcpuid libgee

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⚙️ Build & Run

git clone https://github.com/nuros-linux/ats
make setup
make compile
sudo make install  # optional

Run:

./builddir/src/ats   # from build dir
ats                  # if installed system-wide

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🏗️ Architecture

• Frontend: Vala + GTK4 + libadwaita
• Backend: C for fast system info gathering
• Resources: Embedded SVGs via GResource

Key Files

• src/ui/main.vala — Main UI logic
• src/ui/Logotypes.vala — Logotypes dictionary
• src/info.c & src/info.h — System info functions
• data/guifetch.gresource.xml — Resource bundle

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🤝 Contributing

1. Fork & create a branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
2. Make changes & test (meson test -C builddir)
3. Commit & push
4. Open a Pull Request

Code Style:

• Clear, descriptive names
• Single-purpose functions
• Comment complex logic

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📄 License

GPL-3.0

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🎉 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by macOS "About This Mac"
• Built with GTK4 & libadwaita
• Logo adapted from classic Tux penguin
• Thanks to the GNOME Project

Note

If you encounter issues:

1. Check the Issues page
2. Create a new issue with detailed info
3. Include your distro, GTK version, and errors

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Made with ❤️ by girisato