hwinfo Alternatives for Linux

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

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hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log...

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hwinfo alternatives page was last updated Oct 23, 2024
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  1. inxi

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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.

    14 inxi alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    inxi screenshot 1

    inxi Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring

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    Psensor

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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...

    9 Psensor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Psensor screenshot 1

    Psensor Features

    1.  CPU temperature
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

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  4. GtkStressTesting icon

    GtkStressTesting

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GtkStressTesting screenshot 1

    GtkStressTesting Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Stress Testing
    4.  RAM Monitoring

    GtkStressTesting VS hwinfo

     
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    Dmidecode

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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...

    14 Dmidecode alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dmidecode Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Reporting
    3.  Hardware Monitoring

    Dmidecode VS hwinfo

     
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    CPU Frequency Selector

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    cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    CPU Frequency Selector screenshot 1

    CPU Frequency Selector Features

    1.  Pitch Shifting
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

    CPU Frequency Selector VS hwinfo

     

  7. Pfetch

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    A pretty system information tool written in POSIX.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Pfetch screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository has been archived in April 2024.

    Pfetch Features

    1.  Command line interface

    Pfetch VS hwinfo

     

  9. Macchina

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    A system information frontend, with an (unhealthy) emphasis on performance.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    Macchina screenshot 1

    Macchina Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Rust

    Macchina VS hwinfo

     

  10. paleofetch

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    neofetch, but written in C.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    paleofetch screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2020, and the GitHub repository has been archived in 2021.

    paleofetch Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  ASCII Art

    paleofetch VS hwinfo

     
  11. rtfetch icon

    rtfetch

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    Neofetch but in Rust (rust-toml-fetch).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    rtfetch screenshot 1

    rtfetch Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Rust

    rtfetch VS hwinfo

     

  12. rxfetch

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    A custom system info fetching tool.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Termux
    rxfetch screenshot 1

    rxfetch Features

    1.  Command line interface

    rxfetch VS hwinfo

     
  13. Examine for COSMIC icon

    Examine for COSMIC

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    Examine is an app which gives you easy access to system information without needing to use the terminal, built for the COSMIC desktop.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Examine for COSMIC screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6. COSMIC icon  COSMIC integration

    Examine for COSMIC VS hwinfo

     
  14. Sysinfo icon

    Sysinfo

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    sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.

    79 Sysinfo alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Sysinfo screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The Sysinfo website is down and Sourceforge reports the last update as being from 2013

    Sysinfo Features

    1.  Ad-free

    Sysinfo VS hwinfo

     
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