---
title: "Ghw - a small Golang library providing hardware inspection and discovery for Linux and Windows"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/ghw---a-small-golang-library-providing-hardware-inspection-and-discovery-for-linux-and-windows-ojjwtbcqf
source_url: https://golangexample.com/ghw-a-small-golang-library-providing-hardware-inspection-and-discovery-for-linux-and-windows/
type: article
source: "Golang Example"
published: 2022-01-02T08:00:10.627Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:19:57.626Z
tags: ["golang", "hardware", "linux", "windows"]
reading_time: 29
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Ghw - a small Golang library providing hardware inspection and discovery for Linux and Windows

**[Golang Example](https://daily.dev/sources/golangexample)** · 29 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

ghw is a small Golang library providing hardware inspection and discovery for Linux and Windows. There currently exists partial support for MacOSX. ghw does NOT report information that is temporary or variable. It is NOT a system monitor nor is it an appropriate tool for gathering data points for metrics.

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Tags: [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows)

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