macfand
Fan control daemon for Apple Computers running Linux through the applesmc kernel module.
Configuration
See the Configuration wiki page
Installing
Arch / Manjaro / EndeavourOS
yay -S macfand-git
Building from source
make
sudo make install
sudo systemctl enable --now macfand
Compatibility
See Compatibility.md
libconfig
macfand requires libconfig which is available on many distrobutions.
Debian / Ubuntu / Mint / Elementary OS / MX / Pop!_OS / Zorin
sudo apt-get install libconfig-dev
Arch / Manjaro / EndeavourOS
sudo pacman -S libconfig
Fedora / CentOS / Rocky
sudo yum install libconfig libconfig-devel
Gentoo
sudo emerge dev-libs/libconfig
openSUSE
sudo zypper install libconfig-devel
Alpine
sudo apk add libconfig
See the manual page macfand(1) for more information.
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Created June 25, 2022
Updated March 22, 2026