HWiNFO Sensors puts live HWiNFO readings (temperatures, clocks, fan speeds, usage, power, voltages and everything else HWiNFO measures) directly onto your Elgato Stream Deck. Each key shows one value with an optional warn/critical color and a recent-history sparkline; on Stream Deck + each dial gets a touchscreen readout with a range bar and session min/max, and you rotate to switch readings. Seven display themes (per key or deck-wide) keep every key on the same visual language.

HWiNFO Sensors on a Stream Deck: seven display themes across the top row (Void, Graphite, Ultraviolet, Midnight, Forest, Ember, Paper), each key showing a live value, unit and sparkline, below them the aviation-style amber warn and red critical alert states, and two Stream Deck + dials with session range bars.

What you get

  • Live keys. One HWiNFO reading per key: value, unit, custom label, and a live preview while you pick.
  • Stream Deck + dials. Touchscreen value with a range bar and session ▼min/▲max; rotate to step through a sensor’s readings, push to reset the session, touch to cycle stats.
  • Seven themes. Void, Graphite, Ultraviolet, Midnight, Forest, Ember and Paper, set per key or once for the whole deck, plus optional sensor-type accent colors.
  • Thresholds and alerts. Set a warn and critical value; the key flips to amber, then red (aviation-style master caution/warning). Alert colors are global and never themed, so they stay unmistakable.
  • Sparklines. Recent history drawn along the bottom of a key; it persists across page changes, wake and reconnect.
  • Stat modes. Show the current value or HWiNFO’s min / max / average; press a key to cycle through them.
  • Dual data source with auto-fallback. Reads HWiNFO’s Shared Memory (full min/max/avg) when available and silently falls back to the Gadget registry (no 12-hour limit on the free version), then upgrades back on its own.

Facts

Windows only, HWiNFO-dependent. HWiNFO is a Windows application; this plugin reads its Shared Memory or Gadget-registry interface locally. It needs 64-bit Windows 10 or later and Stream Deck software 6.9+. MIT licensed, no ads, no telemetry. Independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by REALiX/HWiNFO.

Start here

New to the plugin? Follow these two pages in order:

  1. Installation: install the plugin and enable Shared Memory Support (or Gadget reporting) in HWiNFO.
  2. Getting started: drop a Sensor Reading key, pick a sensor, and set a label, theme and thresholds.

From there:

  • Sensor Reading (keys): every key setting and the press-to-cycle behavior.
  • Sensor Dial (Stream Deck +): the dial’s rotate / push / touch controls and range bar.
  • Themes and alerts: the seven presets, type accents, and how alerts override everything.
  • Data sources: Shared Memory vs. Gadget registry, and how auto-fallback works.
  • Troubleshooting: what each status screen (Start HWiNFO, Shared Memory off, Not updating, Access denied, …) means and how to fix it.

MIT licensed. No ads, no telemetry. Not affiliated with REALiX/HWiNFO or Elgato. © Stephen Lawrensen.

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