Lm-Sensors is a free and open-source application that provides tools and drivers for monitoring temperatures, voltage, and fans.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
HWRadar Alternatives
HWRadar is described as 'Lightweight tool provides real-time monitoring of CPU, GPU, memory, and more with customizable interface, over 40 themes, and multi-format data exports' and is a system information utility in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to HWRadar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best HWRadar alternative is HWiNFO (32/64). It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try HWiNFO (32/64) or Libre Hardware Monitor. Other great apps like HWRadar are Open Hardware Monitor, Stats, Sidebar Diagnostics and MangoHUD.
Alternatives list
cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Cinnamon
- GNOME
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
A GPU overclocking tool. Low level driver access, core and memory frequency overclocking, monitor and more, SAPPHIRE TriXX is a great alternative to comparable overclocking utilities. Worth a download for novice or enthusiast overclockers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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Temperature Monitor is an application to read out all accessible temperature sensors in Macintosh computers. The program can visualize the history graphs of the readings, display measured values in a large variety of fashions, or announce readings by speech output.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds from temperatures and sets the corresponding PWM outputs to the computed values.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Linux
Germany
EU
A Wattman-like GTK3+ GUI. Contribute to BoukeHaarsma23/WattmanGTK development by creating an account on GitHub.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
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
Taiwan
Track Mac fan speed, target speed, minimum and maximum speeds, number of fans, and CPU or GPU temperature in real time from the Notification Center or Menu Bar using a compact widget designed to provide hardware stats without workspace clutter.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
Lightweight macOS menu bar utility providing live CPU, memory, disk, network, battery, and thermal state monitoring, supporting Apple Silicon and Intel hardware, with customizable interface options, low resource usage, and strong privacy protections.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United Kingdom
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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
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This tool is developed by Ray Adams. ATI Tray Tools is a Full Featured Radeon Tweaker that can be found in the windows tray which then allows instant access to options and settings. Quite handy and quite a small download. Just click the executable and you are good to go.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
