ThermalStats News

What's New at ThermalStats

Website updates, CLI release notes and announcements, straight from the team.

  1. CLI releasev2.4.0

    ThermalStats CLI 2.4: your leaderboard place and XP, right after the test

    Version 2.4 shows where your PC lands on its model's leaderboard as soon as a result is submitted, plus the XP and badges it earned, and adds a Ranked run preset. Also new: side quests, monthly community goals and an optional monthly recap email.

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  2. Website update

    New: leaderboards for the coolest PCs, the biggest improvements and the most active members

    See where your PC ranks among others with the same CPU or GPU, compare across all hardware with the new Cooling Score, and find the biggest before/after improvements. Every board ranks real CLI tests that passed our checks.

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  3. Website update

    New: public profiles, forum signature cards and invites

    Show your level, badges and PCs on a public profile of your own, add a signature card to your forum posts, and earn XP when friends you invite save their first result. Profiles are opt-in and kept out of search engines.

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  4. Website update

    New: XP, levels and badges for your account

    Saved results now earn XP and badges. Most XP goes to complete, careful tests: room temperature and cooler, longer runs, before/after re-tests and first tests of a model. Accounts created before January 1, 2027 get the Founding Member badge.

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  5. CLI releasev2.3.0

    ThermalStats CLI 2.3: link your PC, and results save to your account

    Version 2.3 links a PC to your free ThermalStats account in a few seconds. From then on, every result you submit from that PC saves to your account, along with its earlier results.

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  6. Website update

    New: free accounts to save your results and track each PC over time

    Create a free ThermalStats account to keep your test results, see each PC's temperature history and note what you changed along the way. No password: sign in with an emailed code, Google or Discord.

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  7. CLI releasev2.2.0

    ThermalStats CLI 2.2: save your results to a free account

    Version 2.2 opens your results so you can save them to a free ThermalStats account and track that PC's temperatures over time.

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  8. CLI releasev2.1.1

    ThermalStats CLI 2.1.1: one cooling question for desktops, laptop models filled in

    Version 2.1.1 asks desktop users for their CPU cooling type once, fills in the laptop model from the BIOS, and recognises more laptop and mini-PC processors.

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  9. CLI releasev2.1.0

    ThermalStats CLI 2.1: before-and-after tests, temperature curves and your ranking

    Version 2.1 compares a re-test with your previous result after you clean, repaste or upgrade your cooling, uploads the temperature curve of every test, and shows where your result ranks among the same model.

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  10. Website update

    New: check whether your CPU or GPU temperature is normal

    Type in your CPU or GPU and the temperature you see, and the new Temperature Checker shows where it ranks among real stress tests of the same model. Result pages now show your ranking too.

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  11. CLI releasev2.0.1

    ThermalStats CLI 2.0.1: 1-minute minimum for submissions, and a 30-second quick test

    Version 2.0.1 only submits tests of 1 minute or longer, adds a 30-second quick test that shows your temperatures without submitting them, and explains when to use Diagnostics.

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  12. Announcement

    The ThermalStats macOS app is coming soon

    We're preparing a signed, Apple-notarized macOS version of ThermalStats. Until it's ready, the macOS download is paused and Mac users can compare their temperatures with the browser test.

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  13. Website update

    Website update: every new result now comes from the verified CLI

    New results on ThermalStats now come only from the ThermalStats CLI. The browser stress test becomes an instant comparison tool, and cooler and laptop names are cleaned up automatically.

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  14. CLI releasev2.0.0

    ThermalStats CLI 2.0: a live dashboard, a timer that never stalls, and instant comparisons

    Version 2.0.0 rebuilds the ThermalStats CLI around a full-screen interface with a live sensor check, real-time charts, a GPU picker, automatic submission and 9 languages.

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