thinkfan

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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.

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Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

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Linux

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Developed by
Victor Mataré
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
Written in
C
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48 Open Issues
Updated Mar 13, 2026

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What is 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.