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CPU-X is a Free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more.
CPU-X is a system profiling and monitoring application (similar to CPU-Z for Windows), but CPU-X is a Free and Open Source software designed for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD.
This software is written in C++ and built with CMake tool.
It can be used in graphical mode by using GTK or in text-based mode by using NCurses. A dump mode is present from command line.

⚠️ There are no milestones for this project, read this announcement for more details.


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Dependencies

Build-only dependencies

These dependencies are needed to build CPU-X:

Test dependencies

These dependencies are optional to test CPU-X:

¹At least on Awk is required, e.g. the default Awk on the system.

Build and run dependencies

These dependencies are needed to build² and run CPU-X:

²On some GNU/Linux distributions, the appropriate -dev or -devel package is needed.

Download and install

From repositories

In alphabetical order:

All packages:
Packaging status

From GitHub releases

Look for Assets here GitHub release for portable binary (AppImage).

From Flathub

CPU-X is available as Flatpak on Flathub since v5.0.2.

Manual build

For step-by-step guide, please read this page on the Wiki.

Usage

Application is available in menu (System Tools category). If you start the daemon, it will allow CPU-X to access some special devices, which provides more information and avoid empty labels.
The CPU-X daemon requires root privileges, and uses Polkit for privileges escalation.

You can use cpu-x from command line, some options are available, like:

  • --gtk: to start the graphical user interface (default)
  • --ncurses: to start the text-based user interface
  • --dump: to get a summary of data

Use --help to see all arguments.

Wiki

More informations are available on Wiki, like screenshots, troubleshooting and tips. You can access the Wiki by using this link.

Bugs/Improvements/Request features

Please open a new issue and fill the appropriate template. Note that text between <!-- ... --> is not displayed.
⚠️ Incomplete reports may be closed without justification.

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