Free Open Hardware Monitor Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Open Hardware Monitor for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is HWiNFO (32/64). It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try HWiNFO (32/64) or Libre Hardware Monitor. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Open Hardware Monitor and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Open Hardware Monitor are Sidebar Diagnostics, HWMonitor, Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS) and Core Temp.

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Open Hardware Monitor alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Screenshot Capture Tools or Process Monitoring Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux and Windows. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Open Hardware Monitor.
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  1. HWiNFO (32/64) icon
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    Designed for Windows, this tool provides real-time temperature monitoring and extensive hardware diagnostics. Suitable for technical experts, manufacturers, and system integrators with report export capabilities.

    114 HWiNFO (32/64) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Libre Hardware Monitor, a fork of Open Hardware Monitor , is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.

    33 Libre Hardware Monitor alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
     
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  3. MSI Afterburner icon
     152 likes

    Comprehensive tool offering GPU overclocking, video and screen capture, and overlays, with support for Nvidia and ATI cards. Features Kombustor stress test, portable use, ad-free experience, manual exclusion of false positives in displays, and multiple video compression options.

    45 MSI Afterburner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Offers at-a-glance hardware monitoring for CPU, RAM, GPU, network, and drives through a customizable sidebar with alerts, hotkey support, multi-DPI compatibility, an integrated clock, themes, and clear graphical statistics on the Windows desktop.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. HWMonitor icon
     117 likes

    HWMonitor for Windows® x86/x64 is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC system's main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, powers, currents, fans speed, utilization, clock speeds…

    36 HWMonitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  6. RivaTuner is a complete powerful tweaking environment, providing you everything you may need to tune NVIDIA GPU based display adapters. The widest driver-level Direct3D / OpenGL and system tuning options, flexible profiling system allowing to make custom settings on...

    19 Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Core Temp icon
     61 likes

    Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint, yet powerful program to monitor processor temperature and other vital information.

    48 Core Temp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  8. CapFrameX icon
     9 likes

    Benchmarking Tool - Record Frames per Second (FPS), Frametime and Sensors while running your favourite game. Analyse and plot the results, or share them with friends using our cloud service.

    8 CapFrameX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. NZXT CAM icon
     16 likes

    Manage performance, temperatures, and devices all from a single application. NZXT CAM is fast, efficient, and easy-to-use, allowing you to control every aspect of your computer.

    28 NZXT CAM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. This tool is used for modifying game profiles inside the internal driver database of the nvidia driver. All game profiles are provided by the nvidia driver, but you can add your own profiles for games missing in the driver database.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Take gaming to the next level with OMEN Gaming Hub, OMEN's dynamic software solution. Optimize your hardware, earn real-life rewards, manage your games, play remotely, and more. Think of it as a rare in-game item that boosts all of your character's stats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. cpufetch icon
     4 likes

    cpufetch is a command-line tool written in C that displays the CPU information in a clean and beautiful way.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Android
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Chocolatey
    • Termux
     
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