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Macchina in Termux – Display System Information in the Terminal

Macchina is a simple and fast command-line tool that displays system information in a clean and colorful format. It can show details such as your operating system, kernel, CPU, memory, disk space, shell, and network information. Macchina is useful for quickly checking system details from the Termux terminal.

Here’s what you can do with Macchina in Termux:

  • Display system information.
  • Show memory and disk usage.
  • Display CPU core information.
  • Show kernel and shell details.
  • Check network interface information.
  • Use different themes.
  • Customize the displayed information.
  • Use custom ASCII art.

Install Macchina in Termux

Below are the simple commands to install Macchina in Termux. Copy and run each command one by one to install the tool.

Update Termux packages.

pkg update && pkg upgrade -y

Install Macchina.

pkg install macchina -y

Macchina is now installed and ready to use.

Use Macchina in Termux

After installing Macchina, you can use different commands to display system information and customize the output.

Run Macchina.

macchina

Show the installed version.

macchina -v

Display only selected system information.

macchina -o memory

Check the system for failures.

macchina -d

Show longer uptime information.

macchina -U

Show longer shell information.

macchina -S

Show longer kernel information.

macchina -K

Show memory usage in percentage.

macchina -m

Show disk space usage in percentage.

macchina -p

Show information for specific disks.

macchina -D /,/home/user/

Show physical CPU cores instead of logical cores.

macchina -C

Show the current shell instead of the default shell.

macchina -s

List all available themes.

macchina -l

Show the original artists of the ASCII art.

macchina --ascii-artists

Specify a network interface.

macchina -i wlan0

Specify a custom configuration file.

macchina -c ~/.config/macchina/config.toml

Show the help menu.

macchina -h

You can use these options to change how Macchina displays system information and select the details you want to see.

Customize Macchina

Macchina also allows you to use custom TOML themes. You can download different themes and use them to change the colors, system information, layout, and ASCII art displayed on your screen.

Create the Macchina configuration directory.

mkdir -p ~/.config/macchina/themes

Download the Hydrogen theme.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/main/contrib/themes/Hydrogen.toml -O ~/.config/macchina/themes/Hydrogen.toml

Use the Hydrogen theme.

macchina -t Hydrogen

Download the Beryllium theme.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/main/contrib/themes/Beryllium.toml -O ~/.config/macchina/themes/Beryllium.toml

Use the Beryllium theme.

macchina -t Beryllium

Download the Helium theme.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/main/contrib/themes/Helium.toml -O ~/.config/macchina/themes/Helium.toml

Use the Helium theme.

macchina -t Helium

Download the Lithium theme.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/main/contrib/themes/Lithium.toml -O ~/.config/macchina/themes/Lithium.toml

Use the Lithium theme.

macchina -t Lithium

List all available themes.

macchina -l

After downloading the themes, Macchina will detect them from the ~/.config/macchina/themes/ directory. You can switch between the themes by using the -t option.

End Note

Macchina is a useful terminal tool for checking important system details in a simple format. You can use its commands and custom themes to make the output more informative and attractive.

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