Show HN: Sid– tiny portable system info tool for Windows.

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1 points by gexos 188 days ago | 2 comments

Hi all,

I’ve built a small Windows utility called *System Information Dashboard* and I’d love some feedback.

It’s a portable system info tool that shows at a glance: - CPU usage - RAM usage - Disk usage - OS version and build - System uptime - Basic device/system details

A few design choices: - *Portable*: just an EXE, no installer, no registry changes. - *No network calls / telemetry*: it doesn’t phone home, no tracking, no ads. - *Lightweight*: written in AutoIt, meant to be quick to open, check info, and close. - *Optional sensors*: for temperatures/sensors it can open LibreHardwareMonitor as an external app instead of reinventing that wheel.

Motivation: I work as an IT technician and I wanted a small dashboard I can quickly run on a client machine to see the basics without installing heavyweight suites like AIDA64/HWInfo or digging through multiple Windows panels.

Links: - Download / info page: https://www.gexos.org/system-information-dashboard-lightweig... - GitHub (code, README, changelog): https://github.com/Gexos/System-Info-Dashboard

I’m mainly looking for feedback on: - UI/UX (too simple? missing obvious info?) - Any red flags in how I’m gathering system info - Features you’d expect from a minimal sysinfo tool that I may be missing

Happy to answer questions and hear criticism. If you spot bugs or weird behaviour on your setup, please let me know your Windows version and hardware.

yoyo250 188 days ago |

Two minor issues:

1: When I drag the window, it freezes in place until a few seconds later, or when I release the mouse and drag it again.

2: I have three hard drives, and the text containing line breaks is collapsed when displayed.

I created a screenshot GIF and uploaded it to a GitHub Issue, please check it out.

gexos 188 days ago | |

Thanks for the report!

1) The dragging freeze is likely my update loop fighting with the window move – I’ll look into throttling/suspending updates while dragging.

2) The drive text layout is indeed bad. I’ll rework that UI so each drive gets its own proper line.