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HWMonitor vs Libre Hardware Monitor: catalog facts
HWMonitor	Libre Hardware Monitor
Freemium Free, ad-supported on the website, with a paid PRO version.	Free Free and open source under the MPL 2.0.
Windows	Windows
Reads a wide range of motherboard, CPU, GPU and drive sensors Portable zip version available	Reads motherboard, CPU, GPU, drive and network card sensors Also a library, so other tools can use it as their sensor backend
Windows only Graphs and remote monitoring are in the paid PRO version	Windows only Needs administrator rights to read low-level sensors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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