Free hwinfo Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to hwinfo for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Linux alternative is Mission Center, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to hwinfo and loads of them are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to hwinfo are GNOME Disks, Resources, Neofetch and CPU-X (by X0rg).

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  1. Mission Center icon
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    Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.

    122 Mission Center alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
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    Mission Center vs hwinfo Comments
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    easy to install and use for newbies on arch

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Mission Center is Free and Open Sourcehwinfo is also Free and Open Source
    • Mission Center is Lightweight and Privacy focusedhwinfo is not according to our users
  2. GNOME Disks icon
     71 likes

    Efficiently manage disk functions like inspecting, partitioning, and formatting. Utilize disk imaging and backup, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, and encryption. Integrates well with Linux, particularly GNOME, offering RAID setups and benchmarking tools, compatible with various file systems.

    35 GNOME Disks alternatives

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  3. Neofetch icon
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    Neofetch is a command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+. Neofetch displays information about your operating system, software and hardware in an aesthetic and visually pleasing way.

    30 Neofetch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Haiku
     
  4. CPU Info icon
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    CPU Info provide main information about hardware and software of your device. You can get:

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • F-Droid
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Kindle Fire
    • Mac
     
  5. Hardinfo icon
     43 likes

    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.

    68 Hardinfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
     
  6. hardinfo2 icon
     6 likes

    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
     
  7. lshw icon
     28 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Android
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Chocolatey
    • Termux
     
  9. Nerdfetch icon
     6 likes

    A POSIX *nix fetch script using Nerdfonts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
  10. Screenfetch icon
     19 likes

    Simple command-line tool that displays your distro's logo in text art form, your OS version, your kernel version, your CPU, GPU, and RAM, your DE, resolution, WM, themes, and shell type, and more.

    29 Screenfetch alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
     
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