Hardinfo Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Hardinfo for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Mission Center, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Hardinfo and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Hardinfo are Resources, CPU-X (by X0rg), hardinfo2 and lshw.

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Hardinfo alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Benchmark Tools or Disk Usage Analyzers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Hardinfo.
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  1. hardinfo2 icon
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    Hardinfo2 is based on hardinfo, which have not been released >10 years. Hardinfo2 is the reboot that was needed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    hardinfo2 vs Hardinfo Comments
    ghigotrieste
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    0

    Hardinfo2 is based on hardinfo

    • hardinfo2 is Free and Open SourceHardinfo is also Free and Open Source
    • hardinfo2 is Privacy focusedHardinfo is not according to our users
  2. lshw icon
     28 likes

    lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.

    49 lshw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. CPU Info icon
     17 likes

    CPU Info provide main information about hardware and software of your device. You can get:

    70 CPU Info alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • F-Droid
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Kindle Fire
    • Mac
     
  4. hwinfo icon
     13 likes

    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.

    127 hwinfo alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    hwinfo vs Hardinfo Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Heaps of well laid out information

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • hwinfo is Free and Open SourceHardinfo is also Free and Open Source
  5. cpufetch icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Android
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Chocolatey
    • Termux
     
  6.  11 likes

    Inxi is a system information script that can display various things about your hardware and software to users in an irc chatroom or support forum. it runs with the /exec command in most irc clients.

    15 inxi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Hardware Probe Tool (hw-probe) is a snapshot of your computer's hardware state and logs. The tool checks operability of devices by analysis of logs and returns a permanent url to view the probe of the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8.  4 likes

    cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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