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lshw vs psutil

A side-by-side look at lshw and psutil. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

lshw

lshw

System & Hardware

lshw is a small tool for displaying detailed information about the hardware configuration of a system. It can extract information such as CPU speed, memory size, firmware version, etc.

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psutil

psutil

Development

psutil is a cross-platform library for retrieving information on running processes and system utilization in Python. It allows you to easily monitor CPU, memory, disk, network and other system resources.

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