Is Fastfetch in the official Debian repositories?

Yes — the official Debian archive ships Fastfetch 2.62.1. This free mirror serves the newest Fastfetch release that is at least 2 months old, forever free; the main repository at deb.griffo.io serves every release within hours of upstream.

How do I install the latest Fastfetch on Debian?

Add the deb-free.griffo.io repository once using the instructions above, then run: sudo apt install fastfetch. New releases arrive through the normal sudo apt upgrade.

Are the packages signed and how are they built?

Every package is signed with the repository's GPG key (EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256) and built from upstream releases in public GitHub packaging repositories that anyone can inspect.

Which Debian releases are supported?

Debian 12 Bookworm, Debian 13 Trixie, Forky and Sid.

Install Fastfetch on Debian via apt

Source	Version
deb.griffo.io (main)	2.66.0 ✅
Official Debian	2.62.1 🛑

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What is Fastfetch?

Fastfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying it beautifully in your terminal — OS, kernel, hardware, uptime, packages, desktop environment and much more, next to your distro's logo. Written mainly in C with performance and customizability in mind, it became the de-facto successor when neofetch was archived, and it's actively developed with frequent releases.

😤 The archive-version problem: Debian does ship fastfetch — frozen at whatever version existed when the release shipped. Upstream moves fast: new logos, new detection modules, and fixes for new hardware land constantly, so the archive version silently falls behind. This repository serves current upstream builds while keeping the exact same file layout as the official Debian package, so switching is seamless in both directions.

            🆓 Free forever, patched immediately: Debian and Ubuntu freeze package versions when a release ships; this free mirror instead serves the newest release once it is at least 2 months old, with security fixes published immediately. Want every release within hours instead? That's the main repository at deb.griffo.io.
        

⚡ Key Features of Fastfetch

🏎️ Fast by Design

Written in C with concurrent detection — renders complete system info in milliseconds, a fraction of neofetch's startup time.

🧩 50+ Info Modules

OS, kernel, CPU, GPU, memory, disks, battery, display, DE/WM, terminal, packages, media player and many more — each individually configurable.

🎨 Presets Included

This package ships all built-in presets under /usr/share/fastfetch/presets/ — including a faithful neofetch preset for instant familiarity.

📝 JSONC Configuration

One documented JSONC config file controls modules, formatting and logos. Generate a starting point with fastfetch --gen-config.

🖼️ Logo Flexibility

Hundreds of built-in distro logos, plus image logos via sixel/kitty/iTerm protocols, custom ASCII art, or none at all.

🐚 Shell Completions

Bash, zsh and fish completions plus a man page — installed to the standard Debian paths, matching the archive package.

🏆 Why this repository instead of the archive version?

Current version: newest release once at least 2 months old, not frozen for the lifetime of a Debian release
Same layout: file-for-file aligned with the official Debian package — presets, completions, man page all in the standard places
Drop-in switch: installing from this repo simply upgrades the archive package; removing the repo falls back cleanly
Automatic updates: new releases arrive with your normal apt upgrade
Multi-arch: amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, ppc64el, s390x, riscv64 and i386

📦 Installation from deb-free.griffo.io

Step 1: Add Repository

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb-free.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb-free.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-free.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
                

install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb-free.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb-free.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-free.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update
                

Step 2: Install Fastfetch

sudo apt install -y fastfetch

apt install -y fastfetch

🚀 First run

Just run fastfetch. To start customizing, generate a config and try the bundled presets:

fastfetch --gen-config
fastfetch --config /usr/share/fastfetch/presets/neofetch.jsonc
        

📦 Package Build Repository

The Debian packages are automatically built and maintained in this GitHub repository:

📂 fastfetch-debian - Latest release builds

🔗 Related Packages

Also available from deb.griffo.io:

Oh My Posh - A beautiful prompt to go with your beautiful fetch
eza - Modern ls replacement for the full terminal glow-up
fzf Fuzzy Finder - Interactive filtering everywhere
Yazi File Manager - A fast terminal file manager

            🎯 Perfect for: Ricing enthusiasts and desktop screenshotters, sysadmins who want quick system overviews, anyone migrating from the archived neofetch, and users who want the newest hardware detection without waiting for the next Debian release.
        

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