ASUS TUF Fan Speed & Profile Switcher

Live CPU and GPU fan RPM monitor and profile switcher for ASUS TUF and ROG laptops on Noctalia Shell.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	kv7499/asus-fan
Entries	Bar widget: asus_fan; panel: panel; service: service

Requirements

Install asusctl on PATH (available via asusctl on Arch / CachyOS).

Usage

Add the ASUS Fan Monitor bar widget to your bar in config.toml:

[widget.asus_fan]
type = "kv7499/asus-fan:asus_fan"

• Live Monitoring: Displays your active fan RPM and color-codes the icon based on thermal intensity.
• Left Click: Cycles your laptop through its platform profiles (Quiet ➔ Balanced ➔ Performance).
• Right Click: Opens the quick settings panel to directly toggle between RPM, Profile Name, or Both, pick a platform profile, and view dual fan speeds.
• Panel Toggle Command:

noctalia msg panel-toggle kv7499/asus-fan:panel

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
display_mode	select	"rpm"	Display live RPM ("rpm"), profile name ("profile"), or both ("both").
show_label	bool	true	Show or hide text next to the fan icon.
poll_interval_ms	int	2500	Hardware polling interval in milliseconds.

Notes

Reads fan speeds directly from the kernel hardware monitoring subsystem (/sys/class/hwmon) using non-blocking asynchronous reads. Safe across suspend/resume cycles.