{"id":74958,"date":"2026-03-16T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudspinx.com\/?p=74958"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:22","slug":"fetch-cpu-information-on-linuxmacos-using-cpufetch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computingforgeeks.com\/fetch-cpu-information-on-linuxmacos-using-cpufetch\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetch CPU Information on Linux|macOS using cpufetch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this guide we show you how to use a free and open source command line tool, cpufetch, to fetch your Laptop, Desktop, Server or Virtual Machine’s CPU architecture. The cpufetch tool works on macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems. It supports x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD) and ARM CPUs. In an x86 system, cpufetch works using the CPUID<\/strong> instruction<\/strong>, and using the MIDR register and Linux filesystem<\/strong> in an ARM system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cpufetch<\/strong> tool is able to pull low level information such as number of cores\/threads\/sockets(CPU topology), CPU microarchitecture, maximum frequency, semiconductor technology in nanometers, L1-L3 cache sizes, FMA, AVX, FMA and peak performance details. The Linux filesystem \/sys\/devices\/system\/cpu\/<\/code> is used to fetch the number of cores and other information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building cpufetch from source – Linux \/ macOS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The easiest and quickest way to install cpufetch tool on Linux and macOS is by building from source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install git and development tools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

# CentOS \/ RHEL \/ Fedora<\/mark><\/em>\n<\/em><\/strong>sudo yum -y install git\nsudo yum -y group install \"Development Tools\"\n\n# Ubuntu \/ Debian<\/mark>\n<\/em>sudo apt update\nsudo apt install git build-essential -y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Confirm gcc and make tools are available<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ make --version<\/mark>\nGNU Make 4.2.1\nBuilt for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu\nCopyright (C) 1988-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\nLicense GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http:\/\/gnu.org\/licenses\/gpl.html>\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\nThere is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n\n$ gcc --version<\/mark>\ngcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04) 9.3.0\nCopyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\nThis is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO\nwarranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Clone cpufetch git repository:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
git clone https:\/\/github.com\/Dr-Noob\/cpufetch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Switch to cpufetch source folder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd cpufetch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Compile the application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
make<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Run the command below to make the binary available in your PATH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo make install<\/mark>\ninstall -Dm755 \"cpufetch\"   \"\/usr\/bin\/cpufetch\"\ninstall -Dm644 \"LICENSE\"    \"\/usr\/share\/licenses\/cpufetch-git\/LICENSE\"\ninstall -Dm644 \"cpufetch.8\" \"\/usr\/share\/man\/man8\/cpufetch.8.gz\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Or move move the binary manually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo mv .\/cpufetch \/usr\/local\/bin<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Confirm cpufetch<\/em> command is installed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ cpufetch --version<\/mark>\ncpufetch v0.97 (x86_64 build)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Viewing usage help page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cpufetch --help<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Pulling your system CPU architecture information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cpufetch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Sample Outputs are shown in attached screenshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
macOS Intel CPU:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Digital Ocean Virtual Machine:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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AMD CPU<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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ARM Architecture:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Uninstalling cpufetch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To uninstall cpufetch, remove binary from the source folder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rm -rf ~\/cpufetch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And remove the executable file via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo rm \/usr\/local\/bin\/cpufetch\nsudo rm \/usr\/bin\/cpufetch<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Enjoy using cpufetch and  check more similar guides:<\/p>\n\n\n\n