inxi
A command-line system information tool that reports hardware, sensors, drivers and system details.
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About inxi
inxi prints a detailed summary of a computer's hardware and software from the terminal, including components, graphics, sensors and drivers. It is often used to share system details when asking for help or filing bug reports.
It is written in Perl, is available in most Linux distribution repositories and also aims to support the BSDs. Development continues on Codeberg, with recent work on GPU detection.
Strengths
- Detailed hardware, sensor and driver report in one command
- Packaged in most Linux distributions
- Also supports the BSDs
Limitations
- Terminal output only
- Detection of some legacy hardware depends on user reports
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download and use.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Harald Hope
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users sharing system details for support or bug reports
- Categories
- System monitoring, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to inxi
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Fastfetch
Prints a summary of your hardware, operating system and desktop in the terminal next to a logo, quickly and configurably.
Fastfetch is MIT-licensed, runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and more, and prints a quick configurable summary next to a logo rather than a detailed driver report.
Hardinfo2
A graphical Linux tool that shows detailed system information and runs benchmarks.
Hardinfo2 is a GPL-2.0 graphical Linux app that shows system information and also runs benchmarks, instead of terminal-only output.
CPU-X
Inspect processor, motherboard and system information on Linux.
CPU-X is GPL-3.0 Linux software with graphical, terminal and report modes for processor and motherboard details, though some need elevated access.
inxi as an alternative
Listings that name inxi as an alternative.
CPU-Z
A tiny freeware window that tells you exactly which processor, board and memory are in a Windows PC.
inxi reports hardware, sensors and drivers from a single command on Linux and the BSDs, with terminal output only instead of CPU-Z's small window.
lm-sensors
Linux command-line utilities and a library for reading hardware temperature, voltage and fan sensors.
inxi reports sensors alongside hardware and driver details in one command, and also supports the BSDs, but it is not open source.
SIW
Windows system information tool that reports hardware, software, network and sensor details.
inxi is a free command-line report of hardware, sensors and drivers for Linux and the BSDs, without a graphical interface or Windows support.
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