CPU-G Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to CPU-G for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Hardinfo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to CPU-G and nine of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to CPU-G are lshw, Psensor, CPU Frequency Selector and Sysinfo.

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  1. Hardinfo icon
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    Hardinfo is a system information and benchmark tool for Linux. It shows detailed system info, including hardware, environment, and kernel. It can use lm_sensors and ACPI for temperature and battery information. It also has four CPU banchmarks and two FPU benchmarks.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
     
  2. lshw icon
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    lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.

    48 lshw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Psensor icon
     18 likes

    Psensor is a graphical hardware temperature monitor for Linux. It can monitor the temperature of the motherboard and CPU sensors (using lm-sensors), the temperature of the NVidia GPUs (using XNVCtrl), the temperature of ATI/AMD GPUs, the temperature of the Hard Disk Drives...

    10 Psensor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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  4. Sysinfo icon
     15 likes

    sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.

    84 Sysinfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5.  2 likes

    GtkSysinfo is a perl-Gtk2 software for Linux which makes it possible to obtain a maximum of informations about the system such as temperature(with lm_sensors) , CPU frequency, hardware(with PciUtils) , network , ACPI and orther information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Udev Discover icon
     4 likes

    A helping tool for udev testers, coders, hackers and consumers. Main features are - Browsing the sysfs tree via udev, Reports udev device info and udev properties, Filter and search devices, Monitorize udev device events.

    23 Udev Discover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. gatotray icon
     4 likes

    gatotray is a tiny CPU monitor displaying several stats graphically (usage, temperature, frequency) in small space, and tight on resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8.  1 like

    hddtemp is a small utility (daemonizable) that gives you the temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. informations (for drives that support this feature).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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