thinkfan Alternatives

thinkfan is described as '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' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to thinkfan for Windows, Linux, Mac and Flathub. The best thinkfan alternative is SpeedFan, which is free. Other great apps like thinkfan are CoreCtrl, Macs Fan Control, fan-control and Lm-Sensors.

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  1. 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.

    49 SpeedFan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. 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.

    18 CoreCtrl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. System utility enabling manual control over fan speeds, real-time monitoring of temperatures and RPM, custom preset creation, support for third-party drives and Windows via Boot Camp, noise reduction features, compatibility with T2 chip models, and multilingual options.

    20 Macs Fan Control alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Lm-Sensors icon
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    Lm-Sensors is a free and open-source application that provides tools and drivers for monitoring temperatures, voltage, and fans.

    26 Lm-Sensors alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. This software detects and optionally controls speed of CPU fan of many PC-Systems. Furthermore you are able to configure the handling of the EC-registers on your own (risk). To determine the EC-registers use e.g. software like "rw everything".

    5 NoteBook FanControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. fancontrol icon
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    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.

    10 fancontrol alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Fanny icon
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    Track Mac fan speed, target speed, minimum and maximum speeds, number of fans, and CPU or GPU temperature in real time from the Notification Center or Menu Bar using a compact widget designed to provide hardware stats without workspace clutter.

    43 Fanny alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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