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CLUSTER CPU-GPU-MACOS · 27 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-12

Mac fan control apps

This cluster consists of macOS utilities that monitor system temperatures and fan speeds, and typically let users adjust fan curves or set fixed RPMs, often via the menu bar, on Apple Silicon Macs. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from—only 0 dated entries exist before the index start, so it predates the index or its members are undated. Traction leaders are macvitals, fansctl, and redline based on activity signals.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 13OCT 2026: 11
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 19 unlabelled

Operator · 18 hobby · 2 indie

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01celsius1★today—hobbyMac menu bar app that controls an LG air conditioner by letting users adjust temperature, mode, and fan speed from the desktop.
  2. 02macfanoptimizer1★1 daylivehobbyMenu bar utility that automatically controls Apple Silicon MacBook fan speeds based on temperature, with manual override.
  3. 03OpenSpeedy-for-Mac1★13 dayslivehobbyDesktop tool that changes the execution speed of macOS applications and games from 0.001x to 1000x with hotkeys and presets.
  4. 04fansctl1★10 days—hobbymacOS utility that controls fan speeds from the menu bar or command line with manual, automatic, and temperature-curve modes.
  5. 05gust0★15 dayslivehobbyMenu bar app that lets Apple Silicon Mac users lock fan speed to maximum, minimum, or a custom RPM with live monitoring.
  6. 06BreezyMac7★1 mo—hobbyMenu bar utility for Apple Silicon laptops that raises fan speed proactively to prevent thermal throttling during sustained workloads.
  7. 07macos-fan-control2★27 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS fan control utility that adjusts fan speed from temperature using a custom curve and shows status in the menu bar.
  8. 08mac-streamdeck0★todaylivehobbyStream Deck plugin that displays Mac hardware sensor readings, such as temperatures and fan speeds, without writing to hardware settings.
  9. 09pacer0★6 dayslivehobbyMenu bar utility that sets per-process CPU power modes on Macs to balance performance, efficiency, and fan noise.
  10. 10windfree-bar0★today—hobbymacOS menu bar app that controls Samsung WindFree air conditioners via SmartThings, including power, temperature, mode, fan, swing, and presets.
  11. 11macfan0★7 days—hobbyMac menu bar app that reads temperature and fan sensors, reports thermal status in plain language, and lets users control fan speeds.
  12. 12ghost-process-sniper0★11 dayslivehobbymacOS menu-bar app that detects runaway, leaking, and duplicated processes and shows CPU and GPU temperatures to help users find what is heating their Mac.
  13. 13mac-purifier-companion0★22 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar tool that monitors system status and adjusts Xiaomi air purifier fan speed manually or automatically based on CPU temperature.
  14. 14openfan0★1 day—hobbyMenu-bar app that monitors CPU and GPU temperatures and controls Mac fan speed with custom curves and presets.
  15. 15vanta-pulse0★25 days—hobbymacOS system monitoring app that shows CPU, memory, GPU, temperature, and fan speed on a customizable floating card.
  16. 16ThermalPilot0★12 days—hobbymacOS app for monitoring fan speeds and temperatures and adjusting fan curves with optional CPU and GPU power tuning and rollback.
  17. 17macfan0★13 daysliveindiemacOS menu bar app and command-line tool for controlling fan speeds and reading Apple SMC sensor data, helping users manage cooling.
  18. 18fandeck0★8 days—hobbyOpen-source Mac desktop app that monitors temperatures, CPU, and memory usage and controls fan speeds via customizable curves on Apple Silicon Macs.
  19. 19FanGlass0★21 days—hobbymacOS utility that monitors system temperatures and controls fan speeds with custom curves on Apple Silicon Macs.
  20. 20cool910★24 days—indieMenu bar app that monitors Apple Silicon CPU temperature, fan speed, and clock frequencies, and adjusts fan curves to prevent throttling during heavy AI workloads.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.