diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 35f5675..d563323 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ distribution artwork should be:
   - line drawings, not filled
   - close to 8 lines long and square-ish
 
-they are plain text files stored under `artwork/`. the file name should be the `OS.Vendor` value in the struct returned by [zcalusic/sysinfo](https://github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo).
+they are plain text files stored under `artwork/`. the file name should be the `OS.Vendor` value in the struct returned by [modules/os](modules/os).
 
 ### platform compliance
 i am just one person: a linux user without much access to commercial/esoteric OSes or a variety of hardware; so i would like help with testing and tailoring to work on as many computers as possible. of course it's not going to work on *literally every machine*, but reasonably common ones are my general target.
diff --git a/artwork.go b/artwork.go
index 97b10d3..d74dcc1 100644
--- a/artwork.go
+++ b/artwork.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
+	"git.cyberia.club/reese/mewfetch/modules"
 	"git.cyberia.club/reese/slog"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
-	"github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo"
 )
 
 //go:embed artwork
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ func draw() {
 		artName = "custom"
 		artwork = conf.Custom
 	} else if conf.OS == "auto" {
-		var si sysinfo.SysInfo
-		si.GetSysInfo()
-		artName = si.OS.Vendor
-		artwork = getArt(artName)
+		artwork = getArt(modules.GetOSVendor())
 	} else {
 		artName = conf.OS
 		artwork = getArt(artName)
diff --git a/artwork/apple b/artwork/apple
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9033afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artwork/apple
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+        .:'
+    __ :'__
+ .``  `-'  ``.
+:           .`
+:          `._
+ :           ;
+  `.__.-.__.`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dad2b76..9908137 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ toolchain go1.22.8
 
 require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
@@ -23,6 +22,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.5
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.1.3
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 15348ef..074fc8a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0/go.mod h1:4FelSpRwEGDpQ12mAdzqdOukCy4u8WUtOY6lkT/6HfU=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
@@ -33,8 +31,6 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.1.3 h1:u/AVENkuoikKuIZ4sUEJ6iibpmQP6YpGD8SSMCrqAF0=
-github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.1.3/go.mod h1:NX+qYnWGtJVPV0yWldff9uppNKU4h40hJIRPf/pGLv4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
diff --git a/modules/cpu.go b/modules/cpu.go
index 2507ae2..e085d15 100644
--- a/modules/cpu.go
+++ b/modules/cpu.go
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
 package modules
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
-
 	"git.cyberia.club/reese/slog"
 )
 
 func CPU(opts map[string]string) (rune, string) {
-	var model_name string
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "linux":
-		meminfo, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/cpuinfo")
-		slog.Warn(err, "module: memory: unable to read /proc/meminfo")
-
-		model_name = regexp.MustCompile(`model name\s*:\s*(\w.*)`).FindStringSubmatch(string(meminfo))[1]
+	model_name, err := getCPUModelName()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Warn(err, "could not get CPU model name")
+		return '', "Unknown"
 	}
-	// TODO: more OS cases
-
 	return '', model_name
 }
diff --git a/modules/cpu_darwin.go b/modules/cpu_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..797bf04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/cpu_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build darwin
+// +build darwin
+
+package modules
+
+import (
+    "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func getCPUModelName() (string, error) {
+    return unix.Sysctl("machdep.cpu.brand_string")
+}
diff --git a/modules/cpu_linux.go b/modules/cpu_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a94ce5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/cpu_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//go:build linux
+// +build linux
+
+package modules
+
+import (
+    "os"
+    "regexp"
+)
+
+func getCPUModelName() (string, error) {
+    cpuinfo, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/cpuinfo")
+    if err != nil {
+        return "", err
+    }
+    matches := regexp.MustCompile(`model name\s*:\s*(\w.*)`).FindStringSubmatch(string(cpuinfo))
+    if len(matches) < 2 {
+        return "", nil
+    }
+    return matches[1], nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/memory.go b/modules/memory.go
index 1639a8c..6f90529 100644
--- a/modules/memory.go
+++ b/modules/memory.go
@@ -2,25 +2,15 @@ package modules
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 
 	"git.cyberia.club/reese/slog"
 )
 
 func Memory(opts map[string]string) (rune, string) {
-	var memory int
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "linux":
-		meminfo, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/meminfo")
-		slog.Warn(err, "module: memory: unable to read /proc/meminfo")
-
-		memory, err = strconv.Atoi(regexp.MustCompile(`MemTotal:\s+(\d+)`).FindStringSubmatch(string(meminfo))[1])
-		memory *= 1000
+	memory, err := getMemory()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Warn(err, "module: memory: unable to get memory")
+		return '󰘚', "Unknown"
 	}
-	// TODO: more OS cases
-
 	return '󰘚', fmt.Sprintf("%s", byteFormat(memory))
 }
diff --git a/modules/memory_darwin.go b/modules/memory_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..838ddee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/memory_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build darwin
+// +build darwin
+
+package modules
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func getMemory() (int, error) {
+	totalb, err := unix.Sysctl("hw.memsize")
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	mem := int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64([]byte(totalb + "\x00")))
+	return mem, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/memory_linux.go b/modules/memory_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4985dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/memory_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//go:build linux
+// +build linux
+
+package modules
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func getMemory() (int, error) {
+	meminfo, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/meminfo")
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	matches := regexp.MustCompile(`MemTotal:\s+(\d+)`).FindStringSubmatch(string(meminfo))
+	if len(matches) < 2 {
+		return 0, errors.New("could not find MemTotal in /proc/meminfo")
+	}
+
+	val, err := strconv.Atoi(matches[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return val * 1000, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/os.go b/modules/os.go
index 20a40ff..53fdc33 100644
--- a/modules/os.go
+++ b/modules/os.go
@@ -3,20 +3,44 @@ package modules
 import (
 	"runtime"
 
-	"github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo"
+	"git.cyberia.club/reese/slog"
 )
 
+type OSInfo struct {
+	Name         string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Vendor       string `json:"vendor,omitempty"`
+	Version      string `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	Release      string `json:"release,omitempty"`
+	Architecture string `json:"architecture,omitempty"`
+}
+
 func OS(opts map[string]string) (rune, string) {
-	var si sysinfo.SysInfo
-	si.GetSysInfo()
+	osInfo, err := getOSInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Warn(err, "module: os: unable to get OS info")
+		return '', "Unknown"
+	}
 
 	icon := map[string]rune{
 		"linux":   '',
-		"macos":   '',
+		"darwin":  '',
 		"windows": '',
 		"freebsd": '',
 		"openbsd": '',
 	}[runtime.GOOS]
 
-	return icon, si.OS.Name
+	if icon == 0 {
+		icon = '' // default to Linux icon if unknown
+	}
+
+	return icon, osInfo.Name
+}
+
+func GetOSVendor() string {
+	os, err := getOSInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Warn(err, "module: os: unable to get OS info")
+		return "Unknown"
+	}
+	return os.Vendor
 }
diff --git a/modules/os_darwin.go b/modules/os_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71bfe67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/os_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//go:build darwin
+// +build darwin
+
+package modules
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func getOSInfo() (*OSInfo, error) {
+	OS := &OSInfo{}
+	OS.Name = "macOS"
+	OS.Vendor = "apple"
+
+	// Get architecture using `uname -m`
+	cmd := exec.Command("uname", "-m")
+	stdout, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	OS.Architecture = strings.TrimSpace(string(stdout))
+
+	return OS, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/os_linux.go b/modules/os_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced87ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/os_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+//go:build linux
+// +build linux
+
+package modules
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	rePrettyName = regexp.MustCompile(`^PRETTY_NAME=(.*)$`)
+	reID         = regexp.MustCompile(`^ID=(.*)$`)
+	reVersionID  = regexp.MustCompile(`^VERSION_ID=(.*)$`)
+	reUbuntu     = regexp.MustCompile(`[\( ]([\d\.]+)`)
+	reAlma       = regexp.MustCompile(`^AlmaLinux release ([\d\.]+)`)
+	reCentOS     = regexp.MustCompile(`^CentOS( Linux)? release ([\d\.]+)`)
+	reRocky      = regexp.MustCompile(`^Rocky Linux release ([\d\.]+)`)
+	reRedHat     = regexp.MustCompile(`[\( ]([\d\.]+)`)
+)
+
+func getOSInfo() (*OSInfo, error) {
+	OS := &OSInfo{}
+
+	// Get architecture using `uname -m`
+	cmd := exec.Command("uname", "-m")
+	stdout, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return OS, err
+	}
+	OS.Architecture = strings.TrimSpace(string(stdout))
+
+	f, err := os.Open("/etc/os-release")
+	if err != nil {
+		return OS, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for s.Scan() {
+		line := s.Text()
+		if m := rePrettyName.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
+			OS.Name = strings.Trim(m[1], `"`)
+		} else if m := reID.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
+			OS.Vendor = strings.Trim(m[1], `"`)
+		} else if m := reVersionID.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
+			OS.Version = strings.Trim(m[1], `"`)
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch OS.Vendor {
+	case "debian":
+		OS.Release = slurpFile("/etc/debian_version")
+	case "ubuntu":
+		if m := reUbuntu.FindStringSubmatch(OS.Name); m != nil {
+			OS.Release = m[1]
+		}
+	case "almalinux":
+		if release := slurpFile("/etc/almalinux-release"); release != "" {
+			if m := reAlma.FindStringSubmatch(release); m != nil {
+				OS.Release = m[1]
+			}
+		}
+		if OS.Release != "" {
+			OS.Version = strings.Split(OS.Release, ".")[0]
+		}
+	case "centos":
+		if release := slurpFile("/etc/centos-release"); release != "" {
+			if m := reCentOS.FindStringSubmatch(release); m != nil {
+				OS.Release = m[2]
+			}
+		}
+	case "rocky":
+		if release := slurpFile("/etc/rocky-release"); release != "" {
+			if m := reRocky.FindStringSubmatch(release); m != nil {
+				OS.Release = m[1]
+			}
+		}
+		if OS.Release != "" {
+			OS.Version = strings.Split(OS.Release, ".")[0]
+		}
+	case "rhel":
+		if release := slurpFile("/etc/redhat-release"); release != "" {
+			if m := reRedHat.FindStringSubmatch(release); m != nil {
+				OS.Release = m[1]
+			}
+		}
+		if OS.Release == "" {
+			if m := reRedHat.FindStringSubmatch(OS.Name); m != nil {
+				OS.Release = m[1]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return OS, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/util.go b/modules/util.go
index 0f2a8e7..6829c95 100644
--- a/modules/util.go
+++ b/modules/util.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package modules
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -64,3 +65,12 @@ func durationStr(d time.Duration) string {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// slurpFile reads a file and trims whitespace.
+func slurpFile(path string) string {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.Trim(string(data), " \r\n\t\u0000\uffff")
+}