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Speccy vs Libre Hardware Monitor: catalog facts
Speccy	Libre Hardware Monitor
Freemium A free version is available. Speccy Professional is a paid licence.	Free Free and open source under the MPL 2.0.
Windows	Windows
One page answers what hardware is in the machine and how hot it is Snapshots can be saved or shared when asking for help	Reads motherboard, CPU, GPU, drive and network card sensors Also a library, so other tools can use it as their sensor backend
Development has slowed considerably The Professional edition with automatic updates is paid	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
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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