FanControl.Releases VS fan2go

Compare FanControl.Releases vs fan2go and see what are their differences.

FanControl.Releases

This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows. (by Rem0o)

fan2go

A simple daemon providing dynamic fan speed control based on temperature sensors. (by markusressel)
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FanControl.Releases

Posts with mentions or reviews of FanControl.Releases. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-03.

fan2go

Posts with mentions or reviews of fan2go. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-27.
  • The minimum viable fan control script
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2022
    How silent are you talking? Silent under load is hard, but quiet under load and silent on idle is possible without a passively cooled build. A good cooler for the processor + slow running case fans + a silent psu (like BitFenix Formula, Corsair RM, ...) + a noise isolating case against coil whine would be the be the foundation for that. I use an old Corsair H90 to cool my i5-5675C, AIO is on the front, my case has one good case fan at the back. Note that the H90 is only quiet when pump speed gets also reduced. With that setup, the noise under load is completely defined by the gpu (a soon to be exchanged RX 570) and the noise of the system on idle vanishes with the ambient noise.

    However, the setup I describe above was loud until I got around to control the fan speeds properly. Turned out the MSI BIOS fanspeed control did not work properly. On top of high minimal speed settings (like 50% for the case fan) it ignored my settings and ran the fans higher than I wanted. That made the system rather load on idle. The solution was to control fanspeed with fan2go: https://github.com/markusressel/fan2go (plus radeon-profile controls the speed of the gpu, making it silent on idle as well.)

    Fan2go is not only nice to use, it also solves the issue the article's author will run into in the future: Those hwmon paths are not stable anymore. It's possible they will work on his hardware if there is only one (or none, as in the thinkpad example using a different system), but otherwise the script will stop working with new kernels after reboots.

  • CPU fan spinning at max speed, cannot control it.
    4 projects | /r/archlinux | 9 Sep 2021
    If you want to try a different solution I suggest to give fan2go a try.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FanControl.Releases and fan2go you can also consider the following projects:

FanCtrl - FanCtrl is a software that allows you to automatically control the fan speed on your PC.

streamdeck-tools - The Stream Deck Tools library wraps all the communication with the Stream Deck app, allowing you to focus on actually writing the Plugin's logic

OpenRGB

liquidctl - Cross-platform CLI and Python drivers for AIO liquid coolers and other devices

LibreHardwareMonitor - Libre Hardware Monitor, home of the fork of Open Hardware Monitor

winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

aeroctl

asus-fan - Kernel module to get/set (both) fan speed(s) on ASUS Zenbooks

grub-mod-setup_var - A modified grub allowing tweaking hidden BIOS settings.

UEFITool - UEFI firmware image viewer and editor

asus-fan-control - Fan control for ASUS devices running Linux

Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.