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, Cinnamon, GNOME and Mono. The best alternative is Open Hardware Monitor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like fancontrol are SpeedFan, CoreCtrl, GtkStressTesting and smcFanControl.

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Free • Open Source
Linux

fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds...

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Open Hardware Monitor
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Windows
Mono
69 alternatives to Open Hardware Monitor
The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.
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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.
SpeedFan
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
46 alternatives to SpeedFan
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.
CoreCtrl
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
17 alternatives to CoreCtrl
CoreCtrl is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application that allows you to control with ease your computer hardware using application profiles. It aims to be flexible, comfortable and accessible to regular users.
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CoreCtrl Features
Temperature Monitoring
Overclock
Hardware Monitoring
Fan Speed
Custom Profile
GtkStressTesting
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Free • Open Source
Linux
62 alternatives to GtkStressTesting
GST is a GTK system utility designed to stress and monitor various hardware components like CPU and RAM.
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GtkStressTesting Features
CPU Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
RAM Monitoring
Stress Testing
smcFanControl
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Free Personal • Open Source
Mac
31 alternatives to smcFanControl
smcFanControl is the perfect application for all those Macbook owners getting burned by their hot-running Macbook.
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Fan Speed
Image Sharing
Discontinued
Not updated for many years, does not work on new hardware
CPU Frequency Selector
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
Cinnamon
GNOME
22 alternatives to CPU Frequency Selector
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
thinkfan
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Free • Open Source
Linux
9 alternatives to thinkfan
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.
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thinkfan Features
Fan Speed
TPFanControl
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
7 alternatives to TPFanControl
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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Corsair Link
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
38 alternatives to Corsair Link
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.
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Corsair Link Features
Power monitoring
eeectl
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Free • Open Source
Windows
37 alternatives to eeectl
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.
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eeectl Features
Temperature Monitoring
Fan Speed
Hardware Monitoring
Overclock
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