A focused and highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.
Sources for this software are closed.
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- Announcement
- Main Features
- Installation & Uninstall
- Plugins
- Issues & Hardware Compatibility
- FAQ
- Libraries Used
- GitHub Sponsors
- FanControl, its installer and the updater now have a signed executable, which should help with AVs false flagging.
- V238 and above now ships with a PawnIO build of LHM. This fixes the anti-virus problems encountered with WinRing0, as it is no longer shipped with FanControl. Note that as of 09/04/2025, WinRing0 (FanControl.sys) used in V237 and below is flagged as Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A by Windows Defender, causing sensors to not be detected — updating to V238 or later is the recommended fix.
- The FaceIT issue was fixed with the 2.1.0 PawnIO version.
- Guided setup process on first launch
- Save, edit and load multiple profiles
- Change the theme and color of the application
- Multiple temperature sources (CPU, GPU, motherboard, hard drives...)
- Multiple fan curve functions, including a custom graph
- Mix fan curves or sensors together (max, min, average)
- Low resource usage
- Advanced tuning with steps, start %, stop %, response time and hysteresis
Full documentation is available at getfancontrol.com/docs.
- Download the latest archive or an installer from the release page.
- Extract to the desired installation folder or run the installer.
- Start
FanControl.exe.
Other install methods (Scoop / Winget)
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install fancontrol
winget install Rem0o.FanControl
Portable — You can leave the files there for future use, or delete them.
Note: If you have Fan Control set to automatically start with Windows, either untick the checkbox in Fan Control, or manually delete the "Fan Control" task in Windows Task Scheduler.
Installer — Uninstall like any other Windows program through the Programs list.
The plugin system lets you inject any type of sensor into FanControl. See the Plugins wiki for details.
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| FanControl.IntelCtlLibrary | Intel ARC GPU support |
| FanControl.HWInfo | Import HWInfo sensor data |
| FanControl.DellPlugin | Dell laptops and some towers |
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| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| FanControl.Thermaltake | Thermaltake devices (updated fork of fu-raz/FanControlThermaltake) |
| FanControl.LiquidCtl | AIO devices via liquidctl; updated fork with multi-fan controller support |
| FanControl.AsusWMI | ASUS motherboards via WMI |
| FanControl.AquacomputerDevices | Aquacomputer HighFlowNext, Quadro and Octo |
| FanControl.AquacomputerQuadro | Aquacomputer Quadro |
| FanControl.GPU-Z | GPU-Z sensor data |
| FanControl.CorsairLink | Corsair Commander controllers and Hydro liquid coolers |
| FanControl.Razer | Razer devices |
| FanControl.HomeAssistant | HomeAssistant temperature sensors (Philips Hue, HomeMatic, HomeKit, etc.) |
| FanControl.NzxtKraken | NZXT Kraken AIOs not yet in LHM (e.g. Kraken X2, X3 new PID) |
| FanControl.LianLi | LianLi L-Connect 3 fan controllers |
| FanControl.NvThermalSensors | Nvidia GPU Hot Spot and Memory Junction temperatures |
| FanControl.OpenFan | OpenFAN controller |
| FanControl.AIDA64 | AIDA64 sensor readings |
| FanControl.RazerCoolingPadPlugin | Razer Laptop Cooling Pad |
| FanControl.GPDPlugin | GPD devices |
| FanControl.LenovoPlugin | Lenovo laptops with Lenovo ACPI-Compliant Virtual Power Controller |
Fan Control is primarily a UI layer on top of existing hardware libraries. Any hardware compatibility issue is largely dependent on the upstream project:
- LibreHardwareMonitor — the main sensor/driver backend
Please only open issues on this repository for the software itself: UI bugs, feature requests, etc. Hardware support requests will be closed with a link to this section.
If you have a hardware compatibility request and can provide a working code sample usable in .NET (e.g. via a Plugin), feel free to submit that.
Q: What BIOS settings work best with FanControl?
Avoid any "smart" fan control from your BIOS. Setting a fixed default speed (e.g. 50%) works great for most people. Also check whether your BIOS uses PWM or DC mode — one may work better depending on your setup.
Q: My NVIDIA GPU has 3 fans but only 2 control cards show up. Why?
Your card only has 2 channels; multiple fans are wired to the same channel.
Q: My NVIDIA GPU won't go below 30% and doesn't reach 0 RPM. Why?
Q: There are no control cards, or control cards aren't changing fan speeds. What's the issue?
Q: How does [FAN CURVE TYPE] work and what do its parameters do?
Click the card's icon at the top left — a dialog will explain it.
Q: What OS does it run on?
Windows 10 and Windows 11.
| Library | Purpose |
|---|---|
| LibreHardwareMonitor | Main sensor source |
| MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit | UI framework |
| NvAPIWrapper | Nvidia GPU fan control and sensor reading |
| ADLXWrapper | AMD GPU fan control and sensor reading |
| gong-wpf-dragdrop | Drag and drop interactions |
The GitHub Sponsor button on this page is intended for the open-source work surrounding FanControl. This includes contributions to LibreHardwareMonitor, the plugin system and open-source plugins, and AMD GPU driver support via ADLXWrapper.
Your sponsorship helps maintain existing projects and develop new ones. It does not apply to the main FanControl program itself — use the PayPal button if your intent is to support FanControl directly.
