HardwareVisualizer

June 14, 2026 · View on GitHub

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HardwareVisualizer is a tool for real-time monitoring of your computer's hardware performance. It provides an intuitive dashboard, detailed usage graphs, and customizable settings to help you keep track of your system’s vital statistics.

Web: https://hardviz.com/

Note

Official downloads & security notice

HardwareVisualizer is officially distributed only through the channels below:

GitHub Releases: https://github.com/shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer/releases
Official website: https://hardviz.com/

Any other distribution (e.g. third-party mirrors or listings on download sites such as SourceForge) is not affiliated with this project.

In particular, the SourceForge project named Hardware Visualizer (https://sourceforge.net/projects/hardware-visualizer/) was created without my involvement. I cannot verify the authenticity or safety of the ZIP archives published there. Use them at your own risk.

HardwareVisualizer

Installation Guide

Download

Choose your platform and download the latest installer:

Official Website: hardviz.com/#download
GitHub Releases: Latest Release > Assets section

For checksum and provenance checks, see the download verification guide.

Windows Installation

Using the Installer

Download HardwareVisualizer_x.x.x_x64-setup_windows.exe or HardwareVisualizer_x.x.x_x64_en-US_windows.msi from the download page
Run the installer (.exe or .msi file)
Follow the installation wizard
Launch HardwareVisualizer from Start Menu or Desktop shortcut

Using Winget

You can also install using Windows Package Manager (Winget). Run the following command in PowerShell or Command Prompt:

winget install shm11C3.HardwareVisualizer

Note

No additional permissions required on Windows

Linux Installation

Download hardware-visualizer_x.x.x_amd64.deb from the download page

Install via package manager:

sudo dpkg -i hardware-visualizer_*.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Launch from application menu or terminal:
```
hardware-visualizer
```

Tip

Missing hardware data?

Some metrics require elevated privileges. Restart with sudo for full hardware access:

sudo hardware-visualizer

First-time Setup

After launching the app:

Navigate to Settings (⚙️ icon in sidebar)
Choose your preferred theme and language
(Optional) Set a custom background image

Features

Category	Status	Notes
CPU / RAM Usage	✅	Realtime + history
GPU Usage	✅	NVIDIA full / others partial
GPU Temperature	✅	NVIDIA full / others partial
CPU / Sensor Temperature	✅	Windows only (ACPI thermal zones, best-effort)
Fan Monitoring	⏳	Planned
Storage Monitoring	✅	Device summary
Network Monitoring	✅	Basic interfaces / Usage planned
Custom Graph Themes	✅	Persistent
Dashboard Customization	✅	Layout editing partial
Background Image	✅	Local assets
Historical Insights	✅	Default Up to 30 days
GPU Insight	✅	NVIDIA full / others partial
Language Support	✅	English, Japanese, Russian

Supported OS

OS	Status	Download
Windows	✅	Download
Linux	✅	Download
macOS	✅	Download

Screenshots

Dashboard

The current status of the hardware can be checked at a glance.

Usage Graph

The resource utilization for the last 1 minute can be checked.

Insight

View resource utilization for up to the past 30 days.
Usage rates are calculated on a minute-by-minute basis.

Custom Graph

Flexible graph customization available.

Background Image

Permissions & Security Notes

Context	Reason
Linux sudo	Access to certain device files (GPU, sensors)
Windows WMI	Memory and system extended metrics, thermal zones
Windows PDH	GPU engine utilization
No outbound telemetry	No telemetry; the app does not send any data externally

Roadmap

Item	Target
macOS Support	✅ Done
AMD GPU compatible	✅ Done
Fan / Temp Full Cross Vendor	Research
Game Mode	Planned
Power Consumption Estimation	Idea
Plugin System	Idea

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Developer and maintainer documentation starts at docs/README.md.

Code Signing Policy

See CODE_SIGNING_POLICY.md for signing status and the download verification guide for checksum and provenance checks.

Special Thanks

HardwareVisualizer is made possible by many open-source projects, tools, and contributors.

Tauri — for providing the foundation for building lightweight cross-platform desktop applications.
sysinfo — for cross-platform system information collection.
nvapi-rs — for enabling access to NVIDIA's NVAPI from Rust.
macmon — for the MIT-licensed macOS monitoring implementation that informed parts of HardwareVisualizer's macOS sensor support.
PawnIO and PawnIO.Modules — for providing the low-level Windows interface that HardwareVisualizer can integrate with when available for optional native CPU temperature support.

Note: This acknowledgement does not mean that all listed projects are bundled with HardwareVisualizer or used in every build. The Windows PawnIO CPU temperature implementation is implemented from the repository's clean-room sensor specifications, not by porting third-party monitoring implementations.

License

MIT License