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- winget
winget install --id REALiX.HWiNFO - Chocolatey
choco install hwinfo
About HWiNFO
HWiNFO reads every component it can find and reports it: processor, motherboard, chipset, memory modules, drives, GPUs and their sensors. The sensor window logs temperatures, clocks, voltages, fan speeds and power draw in real time, and can push those readings to an on-screen display or to other tools through a shared memory interface.
All versions are free in personal and non-commercial environments. Using HWiNFO64 or HWiNFO ARM64 at work requires the Pro licence, which also unlocks unlimited shared memory support and a larger on-screen display. The vendor states the program collects no personal information and transmits no data over the network.
Strengths
- Reports far more detail than Windows itself exposes, down to individual memory module SPD data
- Real-time sensor monitoring with logging, alerts and an on-screen display
- Shared memory interface so other tools, such as Rainmeter skins, can read its sensors
- Collects no personal information and sends no data over the network
Limitations
- Windows only, apart from a legacy DOS build
- Commercial use requires a paid Pro licence; the free build allows only a 14-day evaluation at work
- In the non-Pro build, shared memory and remote sensor monitoring stop after 12 hours and must be re-enabled
- Closed source
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree for personal and non-commercial use. Commercial use requires a paid Pro licence after a 14-day evaluation.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Martin Malík, REALiX s.r.o.
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Diagnosing a Windows machine that is overheating, throttling or behaving oddly
- Categories
- System monitoring
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (System Monitor); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 6 sources on file.
Alternatives to HWiNFO
Compare allSoftware that can replace HWiNFO for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
HWMonitor
A Windows hardware monitor that reads voltages, temperatures, fan speeds, power and clock sensors.
HWMonitor reads a similar range of Windows sensors with ARM64 builds, but graphs and remote monitoring need the paid PRO version and it offers less hardware reporting depth.
AIDA64 Extreme
Detailed hardware identification, sensor monitoring and benchmarking for Windows.
AIDA64 Extreme adds benchmarking and exportable inventory reports alongside sensor monitoring, but requires a paid licence after a time-limited trial.
Libre Hardware Monitor
Reads temperatures, fan speeds and voltages straight off the motherboard, and feeds them to other tools.
Libre Hardware Monitor is free and open source under MPL-2.0 for sensor reading, but lacks HWiNFO's detailed hardware report and uses a plain interface.
Speccy
Quick summary of a Windows PC's hardware and temperatures.
Speccy gives a one-page summary of hardware and temperatures with shareable snapshots, but development has slowed and it offers far less sensor detail.
Open Hardware Monitor
Open-source reader for temperature, fan and voltage sensors.
Open Hardware Monitor is open source and also runs on Linux, but upstream development stopped years ago and newer sensors are often unrecognised.
HWiNFO as an alternative
Listings that name HWiNFO as an alternative.
Core Temp
Small utility that reads per-core CPU temperature on Windows.
HWiNFO adds full sensor monitoring with logging, alerts and an on-screen display plus deep hardware reports, but commercial use requires a paid Pro licence.
CPU-X
Inspect processor, motherboard and system information on Linux.
HWiNFO gives far deeper hardware reports plus sensor monitoring and logging, but it is closed source, Windows only and needs a paid licence for commercial use.
CPU-Z
A tiny freeware window that tells you exactly which processor, board and memory are in a Windows PC.
HWiNFO reports even more hardware detail, including memory SPD data, and adds sensor logging and alerts, but commercial use requires a paid Pro licence.
GPU-Z
A tiny Windows utility that reports everything about your graphics card: clocks, memory type, bus width, sensors and BIOS.
HWiNFO reports the graphics card alongside every other component with sensor logging, alerts and an on-screen display, but commercial use requires a paid Pro licence.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
PowerToys
Microsoft’s own bundle of more than thirty Windows utilities, from window layouts to a key remapper.
FanControl
Controls CPU, GPU and case fans using custom curves from any temperature sensor.
Hard Disk Sentinel
Drive health, temperature and lifetime monitoring for HDDs and SSDs.
