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lshw

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

lshw-gtk showing CPU informations

License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
lshw-gtk showing RAM slots informations, that other linux utilities does not show
Screenshot of XML report generated with Save command
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3 / 5 Avg rating (1)
27likes
9comments
46alternatives
0news articles

Features

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  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Export to XML
  3.  Export to HTML
  4.  Export to JSON
  5.  Hardware Monitoring
  6.  Tree view

 Tags

  • cputool
  • desktop-management-interface

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  • r3v0000 liked lshw
    •4 months ago
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    lopatoid added lshw as alternative to NWinfo
    •4 months ago
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    POX added lshw as alternative to Examine for COSMIC
    •6 months ago
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lshw information

  • Developed by

    Lyonel Vincent

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    46 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

OS & Utilities, System & Hardware

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Our users have written 9 comments and reviews about lshw, and it has gotten 27 likes

lshw was added to AlternativeTo by jaub on Dec 28, 2010 and this page was last updated Jul 10, 2023. lshw is sometimes referred to as HardwareLiSter, Hardware Lister.

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ab1
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•Jan 18, 2024
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It has many problems and 1 dev isn't that active for years. [https://www.ezix.org/project/query?status=closed&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&desc=1&order=id](https://www.ezix.org/project/query?status=closed&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&desc=1&order=id)

ab1
•Jun 16, 2022
0

lshw is a console utility, but you can install lshw-gtk, a GTK+ graphical user interface.

ab1
•Jun 15, 2022
0

Hardware Lister can report in HTML, XML, JSON.

ab1
•Jun 15, 2022
1

Hardware Lister will tell information about DIMM sockets and modules with sudo lshw -class memory.

ab1
•Jun 15, 2022
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Hardware Lister will report: CPU, SATA controller, IDE Controller, ISA bridge, USB, PCI slots, Ethernet interface, audio devices, video devices, input devices.

ab1
•Jun 15, 2022
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lshw doesn't have "NUMA" section...

ab1
•Jun 15, 2022
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lshw doesn't have "Vulnerabilities" section...

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What is lshw?

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

It can report CPU, SATA controller, IDE Controller, ISA bridge, USB, PCI slots, Ethernet interface, audio devices, video devices, input devices, DIMM sockets and modules on x86 with Desktop Management Interface capable or EFI (IA-64) systems and on some PowerPC machines.

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