Open Hardware Monitor Alternatives

Open Hardware Monitor has been discontinued. Similar apps include HWiNFO (32/64), which is free for personal use. Other options are Libre Hardware Monitor, GPU Screen Recorder, MSI Afterburner and Stats. You're spoiled for choice with System Information Utilities like Open Hardware Monitor: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Nvtray icon
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    NVTray provides some extra quality tweaks that both the default NVIDIA tray icon and control panel are lacking. I especially wanted to be able to select more Antialiasing modes, as well as OpenGL and Direct3D options right from the tray icon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Offers modular monitoring of CPU, Memory, Network, Disk, Battery, GPU, Bluetooth, Temperature, and Fans, each configurable and reorderable, with menu bar integration, notifications for low battery or storage, keyboard shortcuts, and color theme adaptation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3.  9 likes

    Solution to the cooling fan noise annoyances Thinkpad T4x (T40/T41/T42/T43) notebook series. Allows the user to control fan activity based on the system temperature. Win XP Visual C++ project controls the fan via port IO to the embedded controller.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Hardware and software information app for Android devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  5. Translucent provides detailed real-time information about what is going on inside your Mac. At any given time Translucent displays how much each one of your processors is being utilized, detailed information about how your memory is being used, how much data is being sent and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Linpack is a benchmark and the most aggressive stress testing software available today. Best used to test stability of overclocked PCs. Linpack tends to crash unstable PCs in a shorter period of time compared to other stress testing applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. An advanced tool for monitoring your iPhone and iPad performance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Beaconly icon
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    Beaconly is a flexible, easy to use data aggregating menu app that ties relevant information to you, beautifully one click-away in your macOs menu bar. Easily discover status of AWS, your Jira Tickets, and so much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. WinBar icon
     3 likes

    WinBar is a free and compact program that lets you monitor your system and provides easy access to frequently used controls. WinBar will run on Windows 2000 and newer operating systems and is available in 32 and 64 bit flavors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Maxer Monitor icon
     5 likes

    See your PC's temperatures and fan speeds on top of your game without leaving it. Opens with Win+G and shows the sensors you pick, at the size and transparency you want.

    7 Maxer Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. PC HW Monitor — Real-time PC hardware stats (CPU/GPU/iGPU/RAM) streamed over local Wi-Fi to a Jetpack Compose Android dashboard; single-file Windows server with embedded LibreHardwareMonitor. AGPL-3.0.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Windows
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  12. TrayTemps icon
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    Lightweight Windows hardware monitor that displays CPU and GPU temperatures in the system tray, with a customizable OSD and built-in FPS counter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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