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Libre Hardware MonitorHWMonitor
Free

Free and open source under the MPL 2.0.

 Freemium

Free, ad-supported on the website, with a paid PRO version.

Windows Windows
  • Reads motherboard, CPU, GPU, drive and network card sensors
  • Also a library, so other tools can use it as their sensor backend
  • Reads a wide range of motherboard, CPU, GPU and drive sensors
  • Portable zip version available
  • Windows only
  • Needs administrator rights to read low-level sensors
  • Windows only
  • Graphs and remote monitoring are in the paid PRO version
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: MPL-2.0 License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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