Free Fan Control Alternatives

The best free alternative to Fan Control is Open Hardware Monitor, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Fan Control and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Fan Control are SpeedFan, Sidebar Diagnostics, HWMonitor and Real Temp.

Fan Control alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Benchmark Tools or Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Fan Control.

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Fan Control

Free • Open Source

Some MacBook (Pro) are just to hot for daylong use. Fan Control adjusts the minimum fan speed depending on the current CPU...

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Open Hardware Monitor
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Windows
Mono
70 Open Hardware Monitor alternatives
The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.
- - Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to Fan Control.
- - Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Fan Control.
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Open Hardware Monitor Features
1. PortableOpen Hardware Monitor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightOpen Hardware Monitor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Command line interfaceOpen Hardware Monitor either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Temperature Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Voltage monitoring
Fan Speed
No installation required
History graphs
Export to CSV
Sensors
Discontinued
There has not been any code change since December 2020, also the community now wonders if it is abandoned: https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor/issues/1471 There also seems to be a fork called LibreHardwareMonitor (which is already listed as an alternative) and appears to be the most active fork right now.

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Most users think Open Hardware Monitor is a great Fan Control alternative.
SpeedFan
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
46 SpeedFan alternatives
SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures. SpeedFan supports SCSI disks too.
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SpeedFan Features
1. LightweightSpeedFan consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Fan Speed
Hardware Monitoring
Overclock
Discontinued
The developer promised new versions, but the program seems to be no longer updated. Latest version, 4.52, released in June 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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Most users think SpeedFan is a great Fan Control alternative.
Guest
It does not serve the purpose of providing one with a method to dictate their system's fan speeds.
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Sidebar Diagnostics
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Windows
40 Sidebar Diagnostics alternatives
SidebarDiagnostics - A simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.
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Sidebar Diagnostics Features
1. PortableSidebar Diagnostics can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Temperature Monitoring
Real-time monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
Configurable
Fan Speed
HWMonitor
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Freemium • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Windows
31 HWMonitor alternatives
HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.
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HWMonitor Features
CPU temperature
Hardware Monitoring
Temperature Monitoring
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Some users think HWMonitor is a great Fan Control alternative, some don't.
Real Temp
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Free • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Windows
36 Real Temp alternatives
Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core, Quad Core and Core i7 processors.
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Real Temp Features
Hardware Monitoring
Lm-Sensors
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Free • Open Source
Linux
27 Lm-Sensors alternatives
Lm-Sensors is a free and open-source application that provides tools and drivers for monitoring temperatures, voltage, and fans.
- - Lm-Sensors is the most popular Linux alternative to Fan Control.
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Lm-Sensors Features
Fan Speed
Temperature Monitoring
smcFanControl
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Free Personal • Open Source
Mac
32 smcFanControl alternatives
smcFanControl is the perfect application for all those Macbook owners getting burned by their hot-running Macbook.
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smcFanControl Features
Fan Speed
Image Sharing
Discontinued
Not updated for many years, does not work on new hardware

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Most users think smcFanControl is a great Fan Control alternative.
3C Toolbox
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Freemium • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Android
96 3C Toolbox alternatives
3C Toolbox is the comprehensive toolbox to save battery, tweak, tune, backup, secure and monitor any Android devices running any ROMs, any kernels.
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3C Toolbox Features
CPU Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Software Management
Macs Fan Control
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
16 Macs Fan Control alternatives
Monitor and control fans on Apple computers with a simple and efficient user interface
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Macs Fan Control Features
Automated speed adjustments
Fan Speed
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Simple UI with rule-based settings.
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CPU Frequency Selector
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
Cinnamon
GNOME
23 CPU Frequency Selector alternatives
cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.
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CPU Frequency Selector Features
Shift management
Pitch Shifting
Hardware Monitoring
fancontrol
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Free • Open Source
Linux
11 fancontrol alternatives
fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds from temperatures and sets the corresponding PWM outputs to the computed values.
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fancontrol Features
Hardware Monitoring
Fan Speed
TPFanControl
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
7 TPFanControl alternatives
Solution to the cooling fan noise annoyances Thinkpad T4x (T40/T41/T42/T43) notebook series. Allows the user to control fan activity based on the system temperature. Win XP Visual C++ project controls the fan via port IO to the embedded controller.
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