thinkfan
The minimalist fan control program (by vmatare)
mbpfan
A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros (probably all Apple computers) for Linux Kernel 3 and newer [Moved to: https://github.com/linux-on-mac/mbpfan] (by dgraziotin)
| thinkfan | mbpfan | |
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| 34 | 2 | |
| 512 | 600 | |
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| 1.8 | 1.7 | |
| about 1 month ago | over 2 years ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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thinkfan
Posts with mentions or reviews of thinkfan.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-04.
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[Linux@T460] Fan running non-stop (every now and then)
I use Thinkfan on my T420, T440, X230 and X1 that run Linux. I linked the author's github page, but I believe it's available straight from the package manager in Ubuntu/Mint, so elementary might have it too
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Is there a fan control app for thinkpads?
For Linux: thinkfan
- How hot does the x230 get under the keyboard?
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Fans issue on my Lenovo Thinpad P16s AMD on Ubuntu
I have found Thinkfan seems to be a good way to control Thinkpad fans on Ubuntu. https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan
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Black screen after suspend resume - gnome wayland
Solved that with Thinkfan (https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan)
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The minimum viable fan control script
The second solution on this page probably isn't reliable, because hwmon paths like `hwmon3` depend on module load order.
That's likely the same reason for the `card*` workaround mentioned above.
I am using thinkfan for this and it works really well: https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan
- [T440p] cannot find fans to control
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Building thinkfan from source: DSO missing from command line
I wrote about it here: https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan/issues/190
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Problem building thinkfan from source: DSO missing from command line
As thinkfan (https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan) doesn't come prepackaged with my Debian version I tried to build it myself. I installed all the libraries as instructed in the README file, and followed the build instructions. Running cmake works fine, but then when I run make I get the following linker error that I cannot solve no matter what I try (this is actually my first time building a project!):
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Configure Thinkfan in Fedora 36?
you can learn more about the configuration file here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Fan_speed_control/thinkfan https://github.com/vmatare/thinkfan/blob/master/examples/thinkfan.yaml
mbpfan
Posts with mentions or reviews of mbpfan.
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Question for people with older iMacs
2) When the fan starts revving up, quite noisy so because the iMac is old, it will rarely or never calm down again. To fix this, I need to install mbpfan from https://github.com/dgraziotin/mbpfan
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Installing Bare Metal on MacBook Air (2011)
To use: echo [fanspeed] > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_min echo [fanspeed] > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_min Script to change speed: fan.sh #!/bin/bash echo $1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_min echo $1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_min chmod a+x fan.sh sudo ./fan.sh [fanspeed] Where it says [fanspeed], give it a value in RPM. 2000 is quiet. 7000 (noisy) will generally max out a MacBook fan. NOTE: this script sets the Minimum Speed parameter - you can see the defined Max using lm-sensors (below) - usually around 6200 OR Install as service: https://github.com/dgraziotin/mbpfan To check the temps: apt-get install lm-sensors sensors-detect (accept defaults) sensors watch sensors
What are some alternatives?
When comparing thinkfan and mbpfan you can also consider the following projects:
TLP - TLP - Optimize Linux Laptop Battery Life
mbpfan - A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros (probably all Apple computers) for Linux Kernel 3 and newer
thinkpad-e14-linux - Current state of GNU/Linux on Lenovo Thinkpad E14
tf - Tiny program for fan control Thinkpad notebooks
thinkfan-control-gui - a small gui app for linux to control fan speed and monitor temps on a thinkpad
cm4io-fan - CM4 IO board PWM fan controller driver
firmware-lenovo - Missing firmware for Lenovo Thinkpad hardware
apple-developer-wallpapers - Desktop wallpapers for Apple developers based on "Colours" available on MacOs.
nbfc - NoteBook FanControl
nbfc-linux - NoteBook FanControl ported to Linux
asus-fan - Kernel module to get/set (both) fan speed(s) on ASUS Zenbooks