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1 points by gexos 7 hours ago

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 6 hours 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 4 hours 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.