Open Source CPU-Z Alternatives
The best open source alternative to CPU-Z is CPU-X (by X0rg). If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CPU-Z and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to CPU-Z are Sidebar Diagnostics, Hardinfo, Hardware Lister and hwinfo.
CPU-Z alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Benchmark Tools or Fan Speed Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CPU-Z.
CPU-X is a free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more.
CPU-X (by X0rg) vs CPU-Z opinions
It's directly based off of the design of CPU-Z and offers all of the same features in the same format.
SidebarDiagnostics - A simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- KDE
- GNOME
- MATE
- Xfce
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.
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.5.1, released in April 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.
hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
WinAudit is an inventory utility for Windows computers. It creates a comprehensive report on a machine's configuration, hardware and software. WinAudit is free, open source and can be used or distributed by anyone.
CPU Info provide main information about hardware and software of your device. You can get:
sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.
Discontinued
The Sysinfo website is down and Sourceforge reports the last update as being from 2013
Sysinfo vs CPU-Z opinions
fgernetSysinfo give few generic informations. On my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the tab System simply close the application.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Cinnamon
- GNOME
cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.
gatotray is a tiny CPU monitor displaying several stats graphically (usage, temperature, frequency) in small space, and tight on resources.
