linux-devmgmt

[!NOTE] Built for CachyOS / Arch Linux. Also packaged as a Nix flake for NixOS.
Some features (DKMS uninstall, driver date lookup) depend on dkms and pacman. Other distros may need minor adjustments.

Installation

Arch / CachyOS (AUR)

yay -S linux-devmgmt

Pre-built binaries

Download the latest binary for your architecture from the Releases page and place it somewhere in your $PATH:

chmod +x devmgmt-x86_64
sudo mv devmgmt-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/devmgmt

Building

Arch / CachyOS

sudo pacman -S qt6-base cmake
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j
./build/devmgmt

Nix

nix build
./result/bin/devmgmt

# or run directly
nix run

A dev shell with Qt Creator and GDB is also available:

nix develop

Runtime dependencies

On Arch, you need these installed separately. The Nix flake handles all of them automatically.

Features

• Full two-level device tree (by type) backed by real sysfs/procfs data
• Per-device Properties dialog with General, Driver, Details, and Resources tabs
• Enable / disable devices via kernel module blacklisting
• Uninstall DKMS drivers
• Update Driver wizard
• Driver Details viewer (modinfo output)
• Scan for hardware changes
• Battery levels for AirPods (per pod and case), read on request

Part of the WSL (Windows-alike Software for Linux) series

Why don't you also check out the other ones?

• Linux Device Manager
• Linux Control Panel
• Linux Minesweeper