Top 6 C Thinkpad Projects

skulls

50 652 7.3 C

pre-built coreboot images and documentation on how to flash them for Thinkpad Laptops

Project mention: Greatest “Classic” Mac Laptop: Powerbook G3 Pismo | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-13

I also have an X230 that I bought from a local recycler. Its small but also a bit on the chunky side when it comes to weight and thickness. I do enjoy using it though. I put a SATA SSD and a mSATA SSD in it, upped the RAM to 16GB, replaced the Bluetooth adapter with a USB plug that I have a Logitech Unify Adapter plugged into, and replaced the stock BIOS with Skulls (which also nuked most of the Intel ME) https://github.com/merge/skulls/
Since its running Coreboot/SeaBIOS now it won't boot Windows. That's fine though became it runs the XFCE edition of Manjaro just fine.

thinkfan

34 512 2.6 C

The minimalist fan control program

Project mention: [Linux@T460] Fan running non-stop (every now and then) | /r/thinkpad | 2023-07-11

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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zcfan

1 71 6.3 C

A zero-configuration fan daemon for ThinkPads.
x1c7-hackintosh

3 47 0.0 C

Opencore-based Hackintosh EFI and guide for Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 7
tf

3 18 0.0 C

Tiny program for fan control Thinkpad notebooks (by KikyTokamuro)
fan_control

1 3 2.5 C

Small application to control fan speeds on ThinkPad laptops in Linux

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).