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ThermalForge vs container
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● ProducerGuy/ThermalForge (142)
● apple/container (50.5K)
☆ 142ThermalForge stars
☆ 50.5Kcontainer stars
+50.4KDifference
containerStar Leader (355.8x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
container Leads
+50.4K stars (355.8x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
container Leads
1.8K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
container
Pushed 14h ago
Licensing
Different
ThermalForge: MIT vs container: Apache-2.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | ProducerGuy/ThermalForge ↗ | apple/container ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Free Apple fan control, open source, for Apple Silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6): Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Studio, iMac. Menu bar app + CLI with live temps and Homebrew install. Alternative to Macs Fan Control, TG Pro, AlDente. ThermalForge by Producer Guy. | A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 142 | ☆ 50,528 |
| Forks | 42 | 1,805 |
| Open Issues | 35 | 562 |
| Main Language | Swift | Swift |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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