diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a72d7d..32ddf1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ safe — stow is idempotent.
 ### Installing the tools
 
 The configs assume a handful of CLI tools (`bat`, `fd`, `fzf`, `zoxide`,
-`zellij`, `nvim`, `btop`, `htop`, `tldr`, plus the `fzf-git.sh` helper). One
-host-aware installer covers them:
+`zellij`, `nvim`, `btop`, `htop`, `tldr`, `fastfetch`, plus the `fzf-git.sh`
+helper). One host-aware installer covers them:
 
 ```bash
 ./lk-installers/install-apps     # macOS -> Homebrew; Linux -> apt + upstream
diff --git a/lk-installers/install-apps b/lk-installers/install-apps
index c9c3404..a04c084 100755
--- a/lk-installers/install-apps
+++ b/lk-installers/install-apps
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ install_macos() {
   brew install \
     zsh git curl wget stow \
     bat fd fzf zoxide \
-    zellij neovim btop htop
-  # tldr and neofetch are deprecated/disabled upstream — best-effort so a dead
-  # formula can't abort the run. tlrc is the maintained `tldr` client.
+    zellij neovim btop htop fastfetch
+  # tldr is deprecated upstream — best-effort so a dead formula can't abort the
+  # run. tlrc is the maintained `tldr` client.
   brew install tlrc || brew install tldr || echo "tldr unavailable — skipping"
-  brew install neofetch || echo "neofetch unavailable — skipping"
 
   # fzf key-bindings + completion -> ~/.fzf.zsh (sourced by .zshrc). These flags
   # make it non-interactive; --no-update-rc stops it editing .zshrc (the repo
@@ -60,9 +59,11 @@ install_linux() {
   echo "Installing base packages via apt…"
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    neovim vim-nox btop htop neofetch curl wget tldr git zip unzip stow zsh cargo \
+    neovim vim-nox btop htop curl wget tldr git zip unzip stow zsh cargo \
     zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting
   sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends rar unrar || true
+  # fastfetch (modern neofetch); falls back to neofetch on older distros.
+  sudo apt install -y fastfetch || sudo apt install -y neofetch || echo "fastfetch/neofetch unavailable — skipping"
 
   # fzf (vendored under ~/.cache/lk-tools/fzf; .zshrc adds its bin to PATH)
   if [ ! -d "$HOME/.cache/lk-tools/fzf" ]; then