https://github.com/fmujakitz/thinkpad-thermal

gnome-shell extension
https://github.com/fmujakitz/thinkpad-thermal

fan fancontrol gnome gnome-shell gnome-shell-extension gnome-shell-extensions thermal thinkpad thinkpad-acpi

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gnome-shell extension

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fmujakitz/thinkpad-thermal
• Owner: fmujakitz
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-09-07T17:41:45.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-07-17T22:16:57.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-17T22:51:01.636Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: fan, fancontrol, gnome, gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension, gnome-shell-extensions, thermal, thinkpad, thinkpad-acpi
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.71 MB
• Stars: 25
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
![ThinkPad Thermal GNOME Shell Extension](images/screen.png)

![Panel indicator, Dropdown menu, Quick settings fan control](images/screens.png)

# ThinkPad Thermal GNOME Shell Extension

Extension that displays thermal and fan status on ThinkPads

## Requirements

- [thinkpad-acpi](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt), check contents of `/proc/acpi/ibm/thermal` and `/proc/acpi/ibm/fan`

- [lm-sensors](https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors), make sure to run `sensors-detect`

- `lscpu`

- `lsblk`

## Install

### GNOME Extensions Website

This extension is available on [GNOME Extensions Website](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/986/thinkpad-thermal/).

[![ThinkPad Thermal on extensions.gnome.org](images/ego.svg)](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/986/thinkpad-thermal/)

### Manually

You can clone this repo and build the extension manually with `yarn build:package`, and extract the generated archive from `dist` to your extensions path, ie. `~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/`.

## Troubleshooting

- Make sure you have the required dependencies installed and configured

- Run `./run-log.sh` and check the generated logs `hw.log, err.log`

- Clone the repo, install dependencies, `yarn dev` and `./run-nested-shell.sh`

## Todo

  - [x] thinkpad-acpi

  - [x] lm-sensors

  - [x] lscpu

  - [x] lsblk

  - [x] Fan speed control

  - [x] Settings dialog

  - [ ] Multilang