Big Hardware Info is a desktop application for Linux that gathers detailed system and device information and presents it in a modern GTK4/libadwaita interface.
It’s designed to make hardware inspection easier for troubleshooting, documentation, and support by combining a system overview, category-based hardware views, and report sharing in a single application.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Collects detailed information for CPU, GPU, memory, storage, network, audio, battery, Bluetooth, sensors, USB, PCI, webcams, and printers.
- Presents data in a GTK4/libadwaita interface with sidebar navigation, dark mode support, responsive layout, progress indicators, and toast notifications.
- Includes global search, selectable text, collapsible sections, and copy-to-clipboard support for hardware details.
- Generates standalone HTML reports and can upload them to filebin.net, with privacy options to exclude serial numbers, MAC addresses, and IP addresses.
- Can optionally use pkexec for elevated data collection, including S.M.A.R.T. information, advanced sensor readings, and protected system files.
Website: github.com/biglinux/big-hardware-info
Support:
Developer: BigLinux Team
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Big Hardware Info is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| KInfoCenter | Centralized and convenient overview of your system |
| CPU-X | Similar tool to CPU-Z but differs in a few important ways |
| hw-monitor | Comprehensive hardware information and system monitoring application |
| Examine | System information viewer for the COSMIC Desktop |
| vsFetch | Customisable graphical system information viewer |
| CPU Info | Presents detailed hardware and software information |
| Big Hardware Info | View and share hardware information |
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Hi Steve. Do you have a screenshot for Big Hardware Info? Thanks.
Hi Torin. I’ve just added an image (a sneak preview of the CPU in a mini workstation I’ll be writing about this week).
Thanks, Steve. 🙂
I don’t see any instructions on how to build the program on the program’s website.
Hi Bill. I’ve only built in on Arch-based distros. The developer includes a PKGBUILD.
Install the dependencies, clone the repository and use makepkg