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 GPU-Z.

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  1. Network Inventory Advisor audits all network software and hardware simply and efficiently. It automatically discovers all your network assets (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, SNMP-powered devices & more), scans them and builds flexible network inventory reports.

    44 Network Inventory Advisor alternatives

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    cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  3. Udev Discover icon
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    A helping tool for udev testers, coders, hackers and consumers. Main features are - Browsing the sysfs tree via udev, Reports udev device info and udev properties, Filter and search devices, Monitorize udev device events.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  4. Total Network Inventory is a PC audit and network inventory software for office and large-scale enterprise networks. Total Network Inventory interrogates all computers and notebooks on a network and reports back with complete information about the OS, service packs, hotfixes...

    50 Total Network Inventory alternatives

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    • Windows
     
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    Freshfetch is an alternative to Neofetch written in Rust with a focus on customization

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
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    SuperB Fetch (a.k.a bfetch) is a SuperB general-purpose fetch displayer written in portable sh that takes user commands output and changes how it displays dynamically with the terminal size.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  7. This compact utility displays real-time CPU, RAM and disk drives usage meters right on the taskbar notification area, or next to the system clock, that is always visible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. gatotray icon
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    gatotray is a tiny CPU monitor displaying several stats graphically (usage, temperature, frequency) in small space, and tight on resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  9. Gather information about your computer; detect your hardware devices, type, model, and other information, even if the system has no drivers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 1996 (except for newer ones with 256-byte EDID's - WiP), assuming the video card supports the standard read commands (most do).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Yacpi is an acpi monitoring program for Linux. It displays various acpi information like battery status and ac status on notebooks. The main reason why i wrote this program is, because i don't like the acpi program, which is included in debian :) It displays things like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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