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 CPU-X (by X0rg), which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Hardinfo and 17 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Hardinfo are lshw, hwinfo, inxi and Psensor.
Hardinfo alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Benchmark Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Hardinfo.CPU-X (by X0rg)
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
18 CPU-X (by X0rg) alternatives- Linux
- BSD
CPU-X is a free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more.
- - CPU-X (by X0rg) is the most popular Linux alternative to Hardinfo.
CPU-X (by X0rg) Features
lshw
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo39 lshw alternatives- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
- Linux
lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.
lshw Features
hwinfo
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo102 hwinfo alternatives- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
- Linux
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.
hwinfo Features
Comments about hwinfo as a Alternative to Hardinfo
Heaps of well laid out information
0Inxi 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.
inxi Features
Psensor
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo9 Psensor alternatives- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
- Linux
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...
Psensor Features
GtkStressTesting
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo63 GtkStressTesting alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Linux
GST is a GTK system utility designed to stress and monitor various hardware components like CPU and RAM.
GtkStressTesting Features
Sysinfo
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo69 Sysinfo alternatives- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
- Linux
sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.
DiscontinuedThe Sysinfo website is down and Sourceforge reports the last update as being from 2013
CPU Frequency Selector
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
23 CPU Frequency Selector alternatives- Linux
- Cinnamon
- GNOME
cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.
CPU Frequency Selector Features
s-tui
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo7 s-tui alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Benchmark Tool
- Linux
s-tui is a terminal UI for monitoring your computer. s-tui allows monitoring CPU temperature, frequency, power and utilization in a graphical way from the terminal. s-tui has built-in stress test options to test your hardware under heavy load.
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).
hddtemp Features
cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).
cpuid Features
Udev Discover
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo21 Udev Discover alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Linux
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.