hwinfo Alternatives for Linux

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

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hwinfo alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Benchmark Tools or Disk Usage Analyzers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to hwinfo.
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  1. GNOME Disks icon

    GNOME Disks

     69 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
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  2. Mission Center icon

    Mission Center

     28 likes

    Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.

    120 Mission Center alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    easy to install and use for newbies on arch

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • 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
  4. Neofetch icon

    Neofetch

     60 likes

    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
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  5. Resources icon

    Resources

     23 likes

    Resources is a simple yet powerful monitor for your system resources and processes, written in Rust and using GTK 4 and libadwaita for its GUI.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Resources screenshot 1
     
  7. CPU Info icon

    CPU Info

     17 likes

    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
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  9. hardinfo2 icon

    hardinfo2

     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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    hardinfo2 screenshot 1
     
  10. Hardinfo icon

    Hardinfo

     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

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    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    Default View
     
  11. lshw icon

    lshw

     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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lshw-gtk showing CPU informations
     
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    cpufetch

     4 likes

    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
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  13. Screenfetch icon

    Screenfetch

     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
    Debian screenfetch
     
  14. Nerdfetch icon

    Nerdfetch

     6 likes

    A POSIX *nix fetch script using Nerdfonts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    Nerdfont
     
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