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lm-sensors/lm-sensors

lm-sensors repository observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors · homepage · Perl · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

69/100

  • Activity 81
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5370
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 119
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1142 stars · 301 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

lm-sensors is a Linux user-space package providing tools and the libsensors library for hardware monitoring chips on motherboards. It includes sensors-detect for discovering hardware, a sensors CLI for reading temperatures/fan speeds/voltages, and a sensord logging daemon.

Use cases

  • check cpu temperature on linux
  • monitor fan speeds from the command line
  • detect hardware monitoring chips on my motherboard
  • log sensor readings and alert on overheating
  • read voltage levels from system sensors
  • script temperature checks in a monitoring setup

When to choose

  • you run Linux on a desktop or server with a hardware monitoring chip and want sensor readings
  • you need a lightweight CLI or daemon for temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
  • you want a C library (libsensors) to read sensor data programmatically

When to avoid

  • you are on a laptop that only exposes temperature via ACPI/BIOS
  • you need chip-specific support not covered by your kernel drivers - updating lm-sensors won't help
  • you need cross-platform hardware monitoring on Windows or macOS

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

monitoring cli developer-tools hardware operating-systems monitoring cli hardware-monitoring temperature fan-speed voltage libsensors system-health command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
lm-sensors/lm-sensorsmain69

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