Rice

🍚 A modern, feature-rich system information tool written in Rust

Installation

From Crates.io (Recommended)

cargo install rice

From Source

git clone https://github.com/jorgegonzalez/rice.git
cd rice
cargo build --release
cargo install --path .

Docker

# Build and run with docker-compose
docker compose up --build

# Run with different commands
docker compose run --rm rice --help
docker compose run --rm rice --version

# Build and run directly
docker build -t rice:local .
docker run --rm rice:local

Requirements

• Rust 1.88+ (2021 edition)
• Platform: macOS, Linux, or Windows

Usage

Quick Start

# Default output with ASCII art and system info
rice

# Use custom image (iTerm2/Kitty)  
rice --image ~/Pictures/wallpaper.png

# Generate config file
rice config

Command Reference

Core Commands

# Show system information (neofetch-style with ASCII art)
rice

# Show system info without ASCII art  
rice --no-logo

# Show system info with custom image (iTerm2/Kitty)
rice --image ~/Pictures/logo.png

# Generate config file and open in editor
rice config

# Enable verbose logging
rice --verbose

# Output in JSON format
rice --format json

Subcommands

rice system    # System overview
rice cpu        # CPU information  
rice memory     # Memory usage
rice disk       # Disk usage
rice network    # Network info

Examples

# Default output
rice

# With custom image
rice --image ~/Pictures/sunset.jpg

# Without ASCII art
rice --no-logo

# JSON output
rice --format json | jq '.'

# Edit configuration
rice config

Configuration

Rice uses TOML configuration files.

rice config

Config Locations

• Linux/macOS: ~/.config/rice/config.toml
• Windows: %APPDATA%/rice/config.toml

Available Options

• Toggle ASCII art on/off
• Choose which system info to display
• Force specific OS logos
• Add custom commands
• Customize colors and themes

See config.example.toml for all available options.

Custom Commands

Add custom shell commands to display additional information:

[info.custom_commands]
git_branch = "git branch --show-current"
current_time = "date '+%H:%M:%S'"
weather = "curl -s 'wttr.in?format=%l:+%c+%t'"
public_ip = "curl -s ifconfig.me"
uptime_fancy = "uptime | sed 's/.*up //'"
battery = "pmset -g batt | grep -o '[0-9]*%'"

Commands run when Rice executes. Failed or slow commands are skipped. Output limited to 100 characters.

JSON Format

Machine-readable output for scripting and automation:

rice --format json

{
  "os": "Darwin 15.6.1",
  "host": "MacBookAir",
  "kernel": "24.6.0",
  "uptime": "11d 15h 10m",
  "packages": "52 (brew)",
  "shell": "zsh 5.9",
  "cpu": "Apple M1 (8 cores) @ 3204 MHz",
  "memory": {
    "used": 12624,
    "total": 16384,
    "percentage": 77.1
  },
  "disk": {
    "used": 538,
    "total": 920,
    "percentage": 58.5
  }
}

Development

Building

cargo build
cargo build --release

Testing

cargo test

Running

cargo run
cargo run -- --help

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Prior Art

• neofetch