Side-by-Side Comparison
ThermalForge vs awesome-mac
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● ProducerGuy/ThermalForge (142)
● jaywcjlove/awesome-mac (117.5K)
☆ 142ThermalForge stars
☆ 117.5Kawesome-mac stars
+117.4KDifference
awesome-macStar Leader (827.5x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
awesome-mac Leads
+117.4K stars (827.5x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
awesome-mac Leads
9.9K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
awesome-mac
Pushed 2d ago
Licensing
Different
ThermalForge: MIT vs awesome-mac: CC0-1.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | ProducerGuy/ThermalForge ↗ | jaywcjlove/awesome-mac ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | This project is dedicated to collecting high-quality macOS software and organizing them systematically by different categories for easy search and use. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 142 | ☆ 117,502 |
| Forks | 42 | 9,913 |
| Open Issues | 35 | 1,809 |
| Main Language | Swift | Swift |
| License | MIT | CC0-1.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 1, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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