# crystalidea/macs-fan-control

Control fans on Apple computers

Repository: https://github.com/crystalidea/macs-fan-control
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/macs-fan-control
Homepage: https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control
License Family: other
Topics: fan, fan-control, macos, bootcamp, apple, smc
Last push: 2026-04-13T14:57:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 55, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3896, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 142, "gap_med": 111.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1647, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.538784+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, gui
- domain: hardware, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: fan-control, smc, apple-silicon, boot-camp, temperature-monitoring, closed-source, macos

## Member repositories
- crystalidea/macs-fan-control (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.538784+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:18.084840+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/crystalidea/macs-fan-control (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.538784+00:00, sha 89be1ec70d78)
  - homepage: https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:59.245636+00:00, sha addbf0f0fd73)
  - site_page: https://crystalidea.com/uninstall-tool (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:59.254837+00:00, sha 05784439ab92)
  - site_page: https://crystalidea.com/uninstall (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:59.256742+00:00, sha 7cd84f7c4cfa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.