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Open Hardware Monitor vs Perian

A side-by-side look at Open Hardware Monitor and Perian. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Open Hardware Monitor

Open Hardware Monitor

System & Hardware

Open Hardware Monitor is a free, open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer's hardware components. It works on Windows, Linux and macOS.

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Perian

Perian

Video & Movies

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats like AVI, FLV, and MKV to QuickTime Player and other QuickTime-based applications on Mac OS X.

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