hwinfo Alternatives

hwinfo is described as '/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' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to hwinfo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best hwinfo alternative is CPU-Z, which is free. Other great apps like hwinfo are Rainmeter, HWiNFO (32/64), Speccy and Libre Hardware Monitor.

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  1. Your computer knows almost everything about you! And what do YOU know about your machine? Get the Black Bird System Info and find out the maximum information about your PC!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Intel® Power Gadget is a software-based power estimation tool enabled for 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors or newer. It provides real-time processor package power information in watts using energy counters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. unitworx icon
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    unitworx is a fully-integrated IT Service Management Software that provides all essential tools for IT teams and IT companies including IT Documentation, Monitoring & Ticketing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
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    neofetch, but written in C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    A custom system info fetching tool.

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7.  2 likes

    GtkSysinfo is a perl-Gtk2 software for Linux which makes it possible to obtain a maximum of informations about the system such as temperature(with lm_sensors) , CPU frequency, hardware(with PciUtils) , network , ACPI and orther information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. 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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  9. Glxinfo icon
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    glxinfo is a command-line tool that can help you diagnose problems with your 3D acceleration setup. It can also provide additional helpful information for developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. A simple application to view your exact hardware on macOS. Similar to About This Mac, but with more features, including AMD Processor Support, display resolution, and more! It retains the old "About This Mac" design language and is supported on both Hackintoshes and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Hardware Probe Tool (hw-probe) is a snapshot of your computer's hardware state and logs. The tool checks operability of devices by analysis of logs and returns a permanent url to view the probe of the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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