CPU-X is a Free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more
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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.
[!IMPORTANT] There are no milestones for this project, read this announcement for more details.
Table of contents
Dependencies
Operating systems
CPU-X supports:
- GNU/Linux
- FreeBSD
[!NOTE] Other operating systems are not officially supported by CPU-X, some features are not available.
CPU architectures
CPU-X runs on:
- x86:
- 32-bit CPUs (IA-32, also known as i386, i486, i586 and i686)
- 64-bit CPUs (x86_64, also known as x64, AMD64, and Intel 64)
- ARM (since v5.1.0):
- 32-bit CPUs (ARM32, also known as AArch32)
- 64-bit CPUs (ARM64, also known as AArch64)
[!NOTE] Other CPU architectures are not supported by CPU-X.
Build-only dependencies
These dependencies are needed to build CPU-X:
- A C++ compiler (GCC or Clang)
- CMake (version 3.12 or newer is needed)
- Pkg-Config / Pkgconf
- NASM (for x86 CPUs only)
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:
- Gtkmm3 (versions 3.12 to 3.24 are supported)
- NCurses
- Libcpuid (version 0.8.0 or newer is needed)
- Pciutils
- EGL (version 1.5 or newer is needed), with OpenGL
- Vulkan
- OpenCL (version 1.2 or newer is needed)
- Procps-ng (Linux) / Libstatgrab (*BSD)
²On some GNU/Linux distributions, the appropriate -dev or -devel package is needed.
Download and install
From repositories
In alphabetical order:
- ArchLinux:
pacman -S cpu-x - Debian (since version 11 "Bullseye"):
apt install cpu-x - Fedora (since version 30):
dnf install cpu-x - FreeBSD (since version 11):
pkg install cpu-x - Gentoo:
emerge -g cpu-x - Manjaro:
pacman -S cpu-x - NixOS (since version 21.11):
nix-env -iA nixos.cpu-x - OpenMandriva Lx (since version 4.0 "Nitrogen"):
dnf install cpu-x - openSUSE Leap (since version 15.2 from utilities project):
zypper install cpu-x - Solus:
eopkg install cpu-x - Ubuntu (since version 20.04 "Focal Fossa") :
apt install cpu-x - Void Linux:
xbps-install -S CPU-X
All packages:
From GitHub releases
Look for Assets here 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.
[!WARNING] Incomplete reports may be closed without justification.
Translate CPU-X
If you want to translate CPU-X in your native tongue, please visit the Weblate page.
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