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Solid State Sidebar

A simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.

This is currently under development.

Download

Go to the releases page.

Features

  • Monitors CPU, RAM, GPU, network, and logical drives.
  • Window monitor to list and select preferred application windows
  • Allows for lots of customization.

Install

If you have the SidebarDiagnostics installed, you can migrate your settings; however, the configuration file may be deleted when uninstalling the previous version. Please back up the file at the following path before uninstalling.

Before uninstalling, it is recommended to disable "Run At Startup" to avoid potential issues.

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\SidebarDiagnostics\settings.json
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C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\SolidStateSidebar\settings.json

This application does not include an installer. Simply extract and place it in any folder of your choice. The recommended location is:

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\SolidStateSidebar

The .NET 10 Desktop Runtime is required to run this application. If it is not installed, install it from here or run the following command:

winget install Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.10

PawnIO is required to retrieve all hardware information. Install from official site or run the following command:

winget install namazso.PawnIO

You can create your own icon themes. Just place a set of SVG files in the C:\Users\<YOURNAME>\AppData\Local\SolidStateSidebar\IconThemes folder. Please refer to the Default folder there for the file names.

Supported OS

  • Windows 10?/11

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

Info

Written in C#, .NET10, WPF, built with Visual Studio 2026.

This software is based on SidebarDiagnostics

Data provided by Libre Hardware Monitor.