Open Source SIW AlternativesSystem Information Utilities and other similar apps like SIW

The best open source alternative to SIW is Mission Center. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to SIW and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to SIW are Resources, CPU Info, Hardinfo and hardinfo2.

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  1. Resources icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  2. CPU Info icon
     18 likes

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

    70 CPU Info alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
     
  4. hardinfo2 icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. lshw icon
     28 likes

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

    48 lshw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. hwinfo icon
     13 likes

    hwinfo/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.

    126 hwinfo alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Dmidecode icon
     7 likes

    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...

    15 Dmidecode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  8. Sysinfo icon
     15 likes

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

    84 Sysinfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. This repository contains a system tray application written in C that monitors CPU and memory usage:

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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