hwinfo Alternatives

hwinfo is described as '/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' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to hwinfo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best hwinfo alternative is CPU-Z, which is free. Other great apps like hwinfo are HWiNFO (32/64), Rainmeter, Speccy and Libre Hardware Monitor.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
hwinfo alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. 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
     
  2. Nerdfetch icon
     6 likes

    A POSIX *nix fetch script using Nerdfonts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
  3. PC Wizard icon
     45 likes

    From the makers of CPU-Z, the PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on the market. PC WIZARD 2008 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis.

    52 PC Wizard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Dmidecode icon
     7 likes

    Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of...

    15 Dmidecode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  5. DevCheck icon
     3 likes

    Monitor your hardware in real time and get complete information about your device model, CPU, GPU, memory, battery, camera, storage, network, sensors and operating system.

    61 DevCheck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. FireSpecs icon
     Like

    FireSpecs displays comprehensive system information through an intuitive tabbed interface and provides detailed insights into hardware components, USB devices, and storage. Now open source!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7.  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
     
  8. WattSeal icon
     1 like

    Real-time PC power consumption monitor — see watts per app & per component, track your carbon footprint & electricity cost.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. GST is a GTK system utility designed to stress and monitor various hardware components like CPU and RAM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Psensor icon
     18 likes

    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...

    10 Psensor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
You are at page 3 of hwinfo alternatives