wiiznokes / librefancontrol

A way to control fans based on temperature

LibreFanControl

⚠️

This project is deprecated. The new version is here: https://github.com/wiiznokes/fan-control

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• 简体中文

• Open source
• Service very low on resource (~30mb)
• Display sensors data on real time
• Control fans based on custom behaviors
• Save configuration
• Multiplatform (Linux/Windows)

Requirements

You will need some component of dotnet 7

• ASP.NET Core Runtime
• .NET Runtime

You will need to run the app with admin privilege on both Linux and Windows.

If you have any troubles, check out the FAQ.

Issues, enhancement requests and PR are welcomed!

Configurations files

Windows

• C:\ProgramData\LibreFanControl

Linux

• /etc/LibreFanControl

On Linux, maybe you will need to download lm-sensors and execute sensors-detect.

Plans (not in this order)

• Support Linux
• Use type safe strings and icons (moko-resources ?)
• Add a system to automatically receive updates
• Compile with container (docker, podman)
• Implement settings (info, help)
• Add graph behavior (abscissa -> temp, ordinate -> fan speed)
• Write an intelligent program to bind controls to their fans, and make a nice first config
• Support Flatpak
• Upgrade service (packaging, tray icon with actions)

Library used

UI

• Compose Multiplatform Desktop

SENSORS

Windows

• LibreHardwareMonitor

Linux

• lm-sensors

Licence

Can be discuss. I just want my code keep being open source.

librefancontrol's Issues

dialog

addConfig -> textInput cancel add

needAdmin -> TextInfo ok

confNotSave -> TextInfo quit save newSave

launchAtStartUp -> TextInfo yes no

error -> TextInfo

Service structure

Api:

Called from app:

• Open
• Close
• ChangeConf(Conf)
• ChangeSetting(setting)

Called from service:

• SetControls(deviceList)
• SetFans(deviceList)
• SetTemps(deviceList)
• UpdateControls(updateList)
• UpdateTemps(updateList)
• UpdateFans(updateList)

State:

• Bool isOpen = false
• Bool confChange = false
• Bool settingChange = false

Items

Add this to behaviors:

• Method Calcul return int?
• Method IsValid return true si le behavior est utilisable
• Field bool setOneTime

Add this to ControlItem

• Method IsValid

Should also handle custom temp

When IsOpen == false

Create a list of list of Any


Foreach control
Si control.isValid ajout list2
Ajout list2 control correspondant
Find behavior
Si behavior.isValid && behavior.setOneTime
Ajout list2 behavior
Set list2
Clear list2
Si behavior.isValid && !behavior.setOneTime
Ajout list2 behavior
Find temp
Ajout list2 temp
Ajout list1 list2
List2.clear (enfin t'as capté, supprime pas l'ancienne mémoire non plus)

Funtion set(liste Any)
Foreach item in liste
...

Task:
Foreach list in list1
Set(liste)
Delay

On pourra utiliser une certaine classe avec 2 fields :
Any
Type
Pour faciliter l'implémentation

When isOpen == true

On update tout(control, temp, fan)
Et on envoie toute les delay second, avec la fonction grpc propre

TODO

• find a method to handle custom temp
• find a method to generate unique id(Long or Int) from an unique string

Installation guide for linux

Describe your suggested feature

Awesome project for linux! But I'm a linux newbie，can you give an installation guide? Thanks!

Other details

No response

ExecutionPolicy: script are not executed on Windows

Steps to reproduce

Execute script

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

there is no execution

LibreFanControl version

No response

Operative System

Windows

Other details

ExecutionPolicy
https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_execution_policies?view=powershell-7.3
default on win 10 pro
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted
fix
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

ExecutionPolicy

Steps to reproduce

Could execute a script

Expected behavior

could

Actual behavior

could not

LibreFanControl version

1.0.3

Operative System

Windows

Other details

ExecutionPolicy
https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_execution_policies?view=powershell-7.3
default on win 10 pro
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted
fix
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Acknowledgements

• I have searched the existing issues and this is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
• I have written a short but informative title.
• I will fill out all of the requested information in this form.

execute .exe with admin by default

Describe your suggested feature

No response

Other details

No response

Naming

Hi,

I'm the author of FanControl.

Cool project. I got no issue with the project itself, I think you got very good inspirations 😉.
Only thing, please use "Libre Fan Control" in the naming everywhere in the program, or whatever other name you like really, just to be consistent with this repo name, and to avoid conflict with the "original" Fan Control.

Thank you and good luck on the project.

Service life-cycle

• implementer la class ServiceBase
• configurer le service pour qu'il démarre automatiquement lorsque le système démarre et pour qu'il redémarre automatiquement en cas d'échec. Pour ce faire, vous devez ajouter des clés de registre appropriées à votre service.
• Dans l'installer, vous pouvez ajouter des clés de registre pour configurer le démarrage automatique de votre service, ainsi que pour stocker des informations sur la configuration de votre service.
• utiliser IPC
• Si l'app est lancée -> verifie si le service est en cours d'exécution
• l'application peut lancer le service à l'aide du mécanisme de communication IPC. (ou start service)
• BackgroundService

service error

Maybe repack application with release configuration and see if it works

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24228307/error-1053-the-service-did-not-respond-to-the-start-or-control-request-in-a-time

Also, need to sign the package because it can cause problem:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_execution_policies?view=powershell-7.3

default on win 10 pro
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted
fix
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

need to install:
You need to install the ASP.NET Core 7.0 Runtime to run the background service

• https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0

somes issues

• ExecutionPolicy https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_execution_policies?view=powershell-7.3
  default on win 10 pro
  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted
  fix
  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
• sign app
• execute .exe with admin by default
• execute script at installation and uninstallation

execute script at installation and uninstallation

Describe your suggested feature

No response

Other details

No response

create_release workflow

Steps to reproduce

log:

Unable to find an artifact with the name: LibreFanControl*.tar.gz

actual name: LibreFanControl.tar.gz
maybe it doesn't support wilcard

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

LibreFanControl version

No response

Operative System

None

Other details

No response

"install service" crashes program on windows 7

Steps to reproduce

did all the steps previously mentioned in "issues"

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

LibreFanControl version

No response

Operative System

None

Other details

No response

create release workflow

Steps to reproduce

use the content of the previous release + wrong tag (with the v in it)

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

LibreFanControl version

No response

Operative System

None

Other details

No response

Program not working

Steps to reproduce

Programs like Coolero (Flatpak) and Fancontrol-gui (AUR) are able to detect and control fans and temps but running this program launches and only gives me

Error: can't open, service status = UNAVAILABLE

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

LibreFanControl version

Latest

Operative System

Linux

Other details

No response

proto lib

dependence pour grpc:

• com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java
  version 3.21.12
  (https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf)
  (generate java code for protobuf)

• com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin
  version 3.21.12
  (generate kotlin code for protobuf)
  artifact:
  com.google.protobuf:protoc

• io.grpc:grpc-kotlin-stub
  version 1.3.0
  (https://github.com/grpc/grpc-kotlin)
  A Kotlin implementation of gRPC, providing runtime support for client-stubs and server-side code.
  artifact:
  io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-kotlin

• io.grpc:grpc-protobuf
  version 1.52.1
  (https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java)
  artifact:
  io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java
  stub
  io.grpc:grpc-stub version 1.52.1 (pour grpc java ?)

• protobuf-gradle-plugin
  https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin

sign app

Describe your suggested feature

No response

Other details

No response

Flatpak

Describe your suggested feature

No response

Other details

blocking: https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/-/issues/160

manifest example : https://gitlab.com/coolercontrol/org.coolero.coolero