Best Hardware Monitoring Tools 2026

Glances suits people who want to monitor system health locally or remotely and can manage its installation requirements.

It suits Windows users who want local hardware, network, and drive statistics in a customizable sidebar.

GSam Battery Monitor suits Android users who want to inspect battery use by app or device function.

It suits people who want to view PC hardware sensor readings, with a free Windows option.

Icinga is aimed at teams of any size that need infrastructure and application monitoring, including distributed environments.

It suits organizations that need on-premises file activity monitoring, ransomware detection, or controls against file copying.

NetXMS is intended for network and infrastructure monitoring, as well as application, server, service-provider, payment-switch, and industrial-equipment monitoring.

It suits teams monitoring networks across local and remote sites, including environments where the Core cannot directly reach devices.

LibreNMS is suited to network administrators who want a self-hosted monitoring system with discovery, alerting, and traffic visibility.

Zabbix suits teams monitoring infrastructure, applications, networks, or services across a range of operating systems and data sources.

It suits enterprises, IT teams, and MSPs managing complex hybrid infrastructure.

Community fits home labs, evaluation, and small non-critical deployments.

Node Exporter suits operators monitoring Linux or other *NIX host metrics with Prometheus.