Dmidecode Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Dmidecode for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is hwinfo, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Dmidecode and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Dmidecode are Hardware Lister, Glxinfo, WattmanGTK and hddtemp.

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Dmidecode

Free • Open Source
System Information Utility

Windows
Linux

Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI...

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hwinfo
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
100 alternatives to hwinfo
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.
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1. Command line interfacehwinfo either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware Lister
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
39 alternatives to Hardware Lister
lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.
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1. Command line interfaceHardware Lister either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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Hardware Monitoring
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Glxinfo
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
9 alternatives to Glxinfo
glxinfo is a command-line tool that can help you diagnose problems with your 3D acceleration setup. It can also provide additional helpful information for developers.
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1. Command line interfaceGlxinfo either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Hardware Diagnostics
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WattmanGTK
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Free • Open Source
Linux
10 alternatives to WattmanGTK
A Wattman-like GTK3+ GUI. Contribute to BoukeHaarsma23/WattmanGTK development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Gpu control
Hardware Monitoring
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hddtemp
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Free • Open Source
Linux
9 alternatives to hddtemp
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).
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Temperature Monitoring
cpuid
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Free • Open Source
Linux
16 alternatives to cpuid
cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).
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CPU Monitoring
Udev Discover
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Free • Open Source
Linux
21 alternatives to Udev Discover
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.

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yacpi
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Free • Open Source
Linux
5 alternatives to yacpi
Yacpi is an acpi monitoring program for Linux. It displays various acpi information like battery status and ac status on notebooks. The main reason why i wrote this program is, because i don't like the acpi program, which is included in debian :) It displays things like...

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vbetool
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Free • Open Source
Linux
7 alternatives to vbetool
vbetool is a small application that executes code from the BIOS of your video card. This is mostly useful for reinitialising the hardware, for instance after ACPI suspend/resuming.
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Hardware Monitoring
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read-edid
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Free • Open Source
Linux
7 alternatives to read-edid
read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 1996 (except for newer ones with 256-byte EDID's - WiP), assuming the video card supports the standard read commands (most do).
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