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crystalidea/macs-fan-control

Control fans on Apple computers observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/crystalidea/macs-fan-control · homepage observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 77
  • Release rhythm 55
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

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: 111.0
  • age_days: 3896
  • days_rel: 142
  • days_push: 142
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1647 stars · 142 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Macs Fan Control is a desktop application for monitoring and controlling fan speeds on Apple computers, including Macs running Windows via Boot Camp. It supports real-time temperature sensor monitoring, custom RPM settings, sensor-based fan control, and fan presets on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Use cases

  • control fan speed on my macbook pro
  • solve macbook overheating problems
  • reduce fan noise after imac hdd replacement
  • monitor cpu and hdd temperatures on mac
  • set custom fan rpm on apple silicon mac
  • control fans on windows installed via boot camp
  • create fan presets for different activities

When to choose

  • you need to manually control or monitor fans on an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
  • you run Windows via Boot Camp on a Mac and need fan control there
  • you replaced a drive or component and need sensor-based fan control to manage heat or noise

When to avoid

  • you need fan control on non-Apple hardware
  • you want an open-source tool - the app is proprietary freemium with a Pro version
  • you need Linux fan control support

Facets

application · maturity active

monitoring gui hardware desktop-applications developer-tools windows cross-platform fan-control smc apple-silicon boot-camp temperature-monitoring closed-source macos

4 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
crystalidea/macs-fan-controlmain74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="crystalidea/macs-fan-control")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem