lm-sensors

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    "sysadmin",
    "monitoring",
    "hardware"
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  "desc": "Tools for monitoring the temperatures, voltages, and fans",
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  "enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T23:40:57+00:00",
  "first_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "full_name": "lm-sensors",
  "github_default_branch": "development",
  "github_last_commit_at": "2026-05-25T07:31:58Z",
  "github_readme_excerpt": "# lm-sensors\n\nThe lm-sensors package, version 3, provides user-space support for the\nhardware monitoring drivers in Linux 2.6.5 and later. For older kernel\nversions, you have to use lm-sensors version 2.\n\n## Directory Structure\n\n| Directory | Description |\n|-----------|-------------|\n| `doc` | Documentation. |\n| `etc` | A sample configuration file for libsensors, and a script to convert lm-sensors version 2 configuration files to work with version 3. |\n| `lib` | The user-space sensors support library code (libsensors). |\n| `prog` | Several supporting programs (see below). |\n| `configs` | Sample configurations of various boards, contributed by users of lm-sensors. |\n\n### Programs (`prog`)\n\n- **sensors-detect** \u2014 A stand-alone program for detecting installed\n  hardware and recommending specific modules to load.\n- **sensors** \u2014 A console tool to report sensor readings and set new\n  sensor limits.\n- **sensord** \u2014 A daemon to watch sensor values and log problems. It\n  includes RRD support.\n\n### Configurations (`configs`)\n\nAll configuration files should now be imported from the old\nwww.lm-sensors.org website, however additional information about\nthe origin of the configuration files can be found on the\n[old site (archived)](http://web.archive.org/web/20150901092438/http://www.lm-sensors.org:80/wiki/Configurations).\n\nPlease contribute back a configuration of your board so other users with\nthe same hardware won\u0027t need to recreate it again and again.\n\n## Installing\n\nSee the [INSTALL](INSTALL) file.\n\n## Hardware Support\n\nTo find out what hardware you have, just run `sensors-detect` as root.\n\nMost modern mainboards incorporate some form of hardware monitoring chips.\nThese chips read things like chip temperatures, fan rotation speeds and\nvoltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can be used by\nmainboard builders for approximately the same results.\n\nLaptops, on the other hand, rarely expose any hardware monitoring\nchip. They often have some BIOS and/or ACPI mag",
  "github_repo": "hramrach/lm-sensors",
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  "homepage": "https://github.com/hramrach/lm-sensors",
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  "last_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1-or-later",
  "llm_generated_at": "2026-06-20T23:45:41+00:00",
  "llm_model": "claude-haiku-4-5",
  "name": "lm-sensors",
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  "one_liner": "Linux hardware monitoring library and CLI tools for reading temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds from sensors.",
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  "ruby_source_path": "Formula/l/lm-sensors.rb",
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  "version_stable": "3.6.2",
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  "why_use_this": "Essential for system administrators and enthusiasts who need to monitor CPU, GPU, and chipset temperatures on Linux machines. Provides both a libsensors library for integration into other tools and command-line utilities (sensors, sensord, sensors-detect) for direct hardware querying. The sensord daemon can continuously log sensor data with RRD support for trend analysis."
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