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.
Related Software
| GUI System Profilers | |
|---|---|
| Hardinfo2 | A continuation of HardInfo offering system information and benchmarking |
| CPU-X | Similar tool to CPU-Z but differs in a few important ways |
| I-Nex | Gambas based alternative to CPU-Z |
| HardInfo | System Profiler and Benchmark |
| KInfoCenter | Centralized and convenient overview of your system |
| CPU-G | Python based alternative to CPU-Z |
| Examine | System information viewer for the COSMIC Desktop |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 Explore our comprehensive directory of recommended free and open source software. Our carefully curated collection spans every major software category.This directory is part of our ongoing series of informative articles for Linux enthusiasts. It features hundreds of detailed reviews, along with open source alternatives to proprietary solutions from major corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. You’ll also find interesting projects to try, hardware coverage, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Discovered a useful open source Linux program that we haven’t covered yet? Let us know by completing this form. |