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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.
:warning: There are no milestones for this project, read this announcement for more details.
Table of contents
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:
- Gtkmm3 (versions 3.12 to 3.24 are supported)
- NCurses
- Libcpuid (version 0.7.0 or newer is needed)
- Pciutils
- GLFW (version 3.3 or newer is needed), with OpenGL
- Vulkan
- OpenCL (version 1.2 or newer is needed), disabled by default (enable with
-DWITH_OPENCL=1
during CMake invocation) - 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:
- 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
- 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
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 <!-- ... -->
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:warning: Incomplete reports may be closed without justification.
Translate CPU-X
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