distrowat

Fetch distro info ¯*(ツ)*/¯

Installation

using curl:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zdk/distrowat/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sudo bash

using homebrew:

brew tap zdk/tools
brew install distrowat

using dkpg:

curl -LO https://github.com/zdk/distrowat/releases/download/v0.9.0/distrowat_0.9.0_all.deb

dpkg -i distrowat_0.9.0_all.deb

Usage

• Run distrowat on your OS

  • distrowat all

• Get distro info in JSON, run

  • distrowat --json all

And, the following command are some examples:

all info

> distrowat all

╔════════════════════════════╗
║     System Information     ║
╠════════════════════════════╣
║ Distribution: Ubuntu       ║
║ Version:      25.04        ║
║ ID:           ubuntu       ║
║ Pretty Name:  Ubuntu 25.04 ║
║ Codename:     plucky       ║
╟────────────────────────────╢
║ Release Date: 2025-04-17   ║
║ End of Life:  2026-01-15   ║
╚════════════════════════════╝

disto name

> distrowat name
> Ubuntu

codename

> distrowat codename
> jammy

version

> distrowat version
> 22.04

pretty format name

> distrowat pretty
Pretty Name: Ubuntu 25.04

json output

> distrowat --json all
{
  "name": "Ubuntu",
  "version": "25.04",
  "id": "ubuntu",
  "pretty": "Ubuntu 25.04",
  "codename": "plucky",
  "release_date": "2025-04-17",
  "end_of_life": "2026-01-15"
}