Software

Fan Manager

Fan monitoring and control for macOS, reading the SMC directly over IOKit. No kexts, no daemon, no dependencies.

Year
2026
Role
Creator
Built with
Swift · SwiftUI · AppKit · IOKit
Fan Manager

Reads the SMC directly over IOKit, so there is no kernel extension, no background daemon and no installer. Download, unzip, run. Live RPM and temperatures sit in the menu bar without opening the window.

  • Asks the hardware what it has rather than matching a list of models.
  • One card, gauge and range per fan.
  • Fanless Macs show temperatures and say so plainly instead of erroring.
  • Never asks for your password or escalates its own privileges.
Fan Manager on a Mac Pro with three fans
Multi-fan desktops get a card each.
Fan Manager on a fanless MacBook Air
Fanless Macs, handled honestly.
Fan Manager menu bar readout
Live RPM in the menu bar.
The one-time setup card in Fan Manager
Enabling control is a step you take yourself.
Manual fan control in Fan Manager
Manual control, once enabled.

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