fancontrol Alternatives

fancontrol is described as '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' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to fancontrol for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Flathub, Cinnamon and GNOME apps. The best fancontrol alternative is Open Hardware Monitor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like fancontrol are SpeedFan, CoreCtrl, GtkStressTesting and fan-control.

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    The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.

    79 Open Hardware Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mono
     
    • Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to fancontrol.

    • Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to fancontrol.

    • Open Hardware Monitor is Free and Open Sourcefancontrol is also Free and Open Source
    • Open Hardware Monitor is Lightweightfancontrol is not according to our users
  2. SpeedFan icon
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    SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers and controls the fans if possible.

    52 SpeedFan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. CoreCtrl icon
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    CoreCtrl is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application that allows you to control with ease your computer hardware using application profiles.

    17 CoreCtrl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • CoreCtrl is the most popular Linux alternative to fancontrol.

    • CoreCtrl is Free and Open Sourcefancontrol is also Free and Open Source
  4. TPFanControl icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. smcFanControl icon
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    smcFanControl is the perfect application for all those Macbook owners getting burned by their hot-running Macbook.

    38 smcFanControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • smcFanControl is the most popular Mac alternative to fancontrol.

    • smcFanControl is Free Personal and Open Sourcefancontrol is Free and Open Source
  6. Corsair Link icon
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    Corsair Link Dashboard software allows you to monitor your system and gives remarkable control over your case fans, lighting, and compatible Corsair power supplies and Hydro Series liquid CPU coolers that work together for optimal cooling and etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. eeectl icon
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    eeectl is a tiny yet powerful program for Asus EEE PC 700 series, it runs on Windows® and allows you to control & overclock your EEE PC on the fly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. thinkfan icon
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    Thinkfan is a simple, lightweight fan control program. Originally designed specifically for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, it now supports any kind of system via the sysfs hwmon interface (/sys/class/hwmon). It is designed to eat as little CPU power as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. HWRadar icon
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    HWRadar is a simple lightweight and customizable hardware monitoring tool that offers real-time, detailed insights into your computer's performance. Our software can track numerous hardware parameters and exports this data in various formats like PNG, PDF, CSV, DOC, and HTML.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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