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 GPU-Z.

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  1. Y

    yacpi

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    Yacpi is an acpi monitoring program for Linux. It displays various acpi information like battery status and ac status on notebooks. The main reason why i wrote this program is, because i don't like the acpi program, which is included in debian :) It displays things like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. V

    vbetool

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    vbetool is a small application that executes code from the BIOS of your video card. This is mostly useful for reinitialising the hardware, for instance after ACPI suspend/resuming.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    driconf

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    DRIconf is a configuration applet for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure. It allows customizing performance and visual quality settings of OpenGL drivers on a per-driver, per-screen and/or per-application level.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    SIW

    Advanced Windows tool offering in-depth system information categorized by software, hardware, and network. Generates comprehensive reports in varied formats like HTML, JSON, supports batch mode, useful for security, software lice...

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    lsscsi

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    Uses information in sysfs (Linux kernels 2.6.0 and later) to list all scsi devices (or hosts) currently attached to the system. Options can be used to control the amount and form of information provided for each device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. L

    lsdisk

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    Creates a list of attached disks without root privileges (similar as ldisk -lu, but with extensive device information).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Systempal

     1 like

    SystemPal is becoming an ALL-IN-ONE app. It is the best tool to monitor your memory/CPU usage status, CPU temperature and fan speed, network speed. It also provides a tool kit including mini music player, screen shot utility, memory cleaner.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. OpenGL Extensions Viewer icon

    OpenGL Extensions Viewer

     1 like

    A software program which displays information about the current OpenGL 3D accelerator and new Vulkan 3D API. This program displays the vendor name, the version implemented, the renderer name and the extensions of the current OpenGL 3D accelerator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. H

    hddtemp

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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    LookInMyPC

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    LookInMyPC is a free utility that allows users to generate complete and comprehensive profiles, audits, and diagnostic reports on their computers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Flitskikker InfoTool icon

    Flitskikker InfoTool

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    Flitskikker InfoTool offers you essential information about your system. Afterwards, you can save it as a text file, or BB Code to share on forums. Most people can help you better if you share your system information with them. Now you can do this easily with this free utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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