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 Rainmeter, HWiNFO (32/64), Speccy and GPU-Z.

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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
     
  2. DevCheck icon
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    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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  3. Screenfetch icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
     
  4. Dmidecode icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  5. PC Wizard icon
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    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
     
  6.  11 likes
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Psensor icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    SANDRA is a system analyser that includes benchmarking and testing modules. Its scope of work is not restricted to the local system, though. It can analyze remote systems on a Windows domain.

    48 SiSoftware Sandra alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. EtreCheck icon
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    EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.

    6 EtreCheck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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