Open Source HWiNFO (32/64) AlternativesTop System Information Utilities & Benchmark Tools like HWiNFO (32/64)

The best open source alternative to HWiNFO (32/64) is Open Hardware Monitor. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to HWiNFO (32/64) and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to HWiNFO (32/64) are Libre Hardware Monitor, Sidebar Diagnostics, Neofetch and Resources.

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HWiNFO (32/64) alternatives page was last updated Aug 4, 2024
  1. Open Hardware Monitor icon
     266 likes

    The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.

    73 Open Hardware Monitor alternatives
    On Windows 7
    On Debian Linux 6.0 using the Mono Framework.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mono

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Temperature Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Voltage monitoring
    4.  Portable
    5.  Fan Speed
    6.  No installation required
    7.  History graphs
    8.  Command line interface
    9.  Export to CSV
    10.  Sensors
    Discontinued

    There has not been any code change since December 2020, also the community now wonders if it is abandoned: https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor/issues/1471 There also seems to be a fork called LibreHardwareMonitor (which is already listed as an alternative) and appears to be the most active fork right now.

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    Guest

    Lacks the system information part of hwinfo64

    Negative commentNov 15, 2018
    5
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    • Most users think Open Hardware Monitor is a great HWiNFO (32/64) alternative.

    • Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Open Source alternative to HWiNFO (32/64).

    • Open Hardware Monitor is Free and Open SourceHWiNFO (32/64) is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Open Hardware Monitor is LightweightHWiNFO (32/64) is not according to our users
  2. Libre Hardware Monitor icon
     41 likes

    Libre Hardware Monitor, a fork of Open Hardware Monitor , is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.

    22 Libre Hardware Monitor alternatives
    Libre Hardware Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Temperature Monitoring
    2.  Voltage monitoring
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  System Information
    5.  Portable
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
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    beyond9thousand

    Feels very archaic compared to hwinfo, does not provide as much info either. Only sensor information.

    Negative commentMay 3, 2023
    -2
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    • Libre Hardware Monitor is Free and Open SourceHWiNFO (32/64) is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Libre Hardware Monitor is Lightweight and Privacy focusedHWiNFO (32/64) is not according to our users
  3. Sidebar Diagnostics icon
     78 likes

    SidebarDiagnostics - A simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.

    45 Sidebar Diagnostics alternatives
    Sidebar Diagnostics screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sidebar Diagnostics Features

    1.  System Information
    2.  Temperature Monitoring
    3.  Real-time monitoring
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Portable
    6.  Performance Monitoring
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Fan Speed
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  4. Neofetch icon
     56 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
    Neofetch screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Haiku

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  System Information
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  ASCII Art
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Portable
    7.  No registration required
    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository has been archived in April 2024, and the last version (7.1.0) is from August 2020.

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    Comments about Neofetch as an Alternative to HWiNFO (32/64)
     
       
    Guest

    There's no monitoring options, only basic information about the system.

    Negative commentApr 28, 2024
    0
    Guest

    Does not monitor hardware, and only displays basic hardware specs.

    Negative commentSep 13, 2019
    3
    Guest

    Barely any information, definitely not comparable to HWiNFO

    Negative commentDec 29, 2022
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    • This alternative is disputed. Neofetch is a legitimate HWiNFO (32/64) alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Neofetch is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to HWiNFO (32/64).

    • Neofetch is Free and Open SourceHWiNFO (32/64) is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Neofetch is LightweightHWiNFO (32/64) is not according to our users
  5. Resources icon
     15 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.

    108 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  System Information
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Memory Monitoring
    5.  Storage Monitoring
    6.  CPU Monitoring
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  No registration required
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Memory usage
    12.  GPU Monitoring
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  6. Stats icon
     38 likes

    Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.

    72 Stats alternatives
    Stats screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Sits in the MenuBar
    3.  Temperature Monitoring
    4.  CPU temperature
    5.  System Information
    6.  Fan Speed
    7.  Status menu widgets
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Dark Mode
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  7. Mission Center icon
     10 likes

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

    106 Mission Center alternatives
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Memory Monitoring
    8.  Hardware Monitoring
    9.  Memory usage
    10.  Disk Monitoring
    11.  OPENGL
    12.  GPU Monitoring
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  8. CPU Info icon
     15 likes

    CPU Info provide main information about hardware and software of your device. You can get:

    61 CPU Info alternatives
    CPU Info screenshot 1
    CPU Info screenshot 2
    +3
    CPU Info screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • F-Droid
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Kindle Fire
    • Mac

    CPU Info Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  CPU temperature
    5.  Battery Health
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  9. lshw icon
     27 likes

    lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.

    46 lshw alternatives
    lshw-gtk showing CPU informations

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    lshw Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Export to XML
    3.  Export to HTML
    4.  Export to JSON
    5.  Hardware Monitoring
    6.  Tree view
    lshw iconHWiNFO (32/64) Icon

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    dszalkowski

    lshw is more synthetic than hwinfo. Don't forget dmidecode utility to get the vendor and the model of your computer.

    Positive commentAug 4, 2024
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    • lshw is Free and Open SourceHWiNFO (32/64) is Free Personal and Proprietary
  10. Hardinfo icon
     39 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.

    62 Hardinfo alternatives
    Default View

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Portable
    5.  Memory usage
    6.  Hardware Monitoring
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.5.1, released in April 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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  11. Screenfetch icon
     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.

    27 Screenfetch alternatives
    Debian screenfetch

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Linux-based
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  12. Nerdfetch icon
     4 likes

    A POSIX *nix fetch script using Nerdfonts.

    27 Nerdfetch alternatives
    Nerdfont

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD

    Nerdfetch Features

    1.  Command line interface
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