Armoury Crate Alternative
G-Helper is an open-source alternative to Armoury Crate for Asus laptops and handhelds. It controls the same hardware (fans, GPU modes, RGB, battery limit, AniMe Matrix, performance profiles) through the same Asus interfaces, in a single 5 MB executable with no installer and no background services.
It’s a community project, not affiliated with Asus. You can run it alongside Armoury Crate while you decide, or uninstall Armoury Crate first using the official Asus tool. Switching either direction is reversible.
What you get
A single 5 MB .exe. No installer, no MSI, nothing in Program Files. Drop it anywhere and run it. One tray process and zero background services: no ArmouryCrateControlInterface, no AsusAppService, no auto-launching helpers. The UI is native Windows controls, no skinned launcher, and opens instantly.
The main window puts performance mode, GPU mode (Eco / Standard / Ultimate), battery charge limit, and keyboard RGB right there. Fan curves, hotkey rebinds, undervolt, and AniMe Matrix open in their own panels, one click away. Custom fan curves and per-mode power limits work for any mode, not just Manual.
Defaults are sensible. Install it, set a charge limit if you want, close the window. There’s no account, no setup wizard, no cloud sync. Customisation is there when you want it and out of the way when you don’t.
Hardware controls supported
G-Helper talks to the same Asus System Control Interface (ACPI WMI) driver as Armoury Crate, so the underlying capability set matches on a given model:
- Performance modes (Silent / Balanced / Turbo / Manual)
- Custom fan curves (CPU + GPU, where the firmware allows)
- GPU modes: Eco (dGPU off), Standard, Ultimate (MUX switch)
- Battery charge limit (60–100%, or 80% on models that only support that step)
- Keyboard RGB and Aura lighting
- AniMe Matrix and Slash Lighting animations
- Hotkey / Fn-key rebinding (M3, M4, ROG key, etc.)
- GPU core / memory clock offsets, GPU undervolt
- AMD CPU undervolt on supported models
- Visual modes / color gamut switching (via AsusSplendid)
- Refresh rate switching (auto on AC / battery), Mini-LED multi-zone, flicker-free dimming
- BIOS and driver updates, XG Mobile control, Asus mouse settings
What it doesn’t include
G-Helper sticks to direct hardware control. It doesn’t bundle the broader Armoury Crate suite: no per-app Scenario Profiles, no built-in store, no Asus content feed. If you rely on those, Armoury Crate is probably still the better fit. The full breakdown is on the G-Helper vs Armoury Crate page.
There’s also no game library or launcher of its own, by design. Steam, Epic Games, GOG Galaxy, Battle.net, EA App, Ubisoft Connect, Xbox, Playnite, Heroic, any of them, or several at once, keep working as-is with nothing in front of them.
Supported devices
Most modern Asus laptops and handhelds work, including ROG Zephyrus, Strix, Flow, TUF, Vivobook, Zenbook, ProArt, ROG Ally, and others. Prerequisites (Windows version, .NET 8, ASUS System Control Interface driver) are on the Requirements page.
G-Helper is Windows-only. On Linux, the asus-linux.org project (asusctl + supergfxctl) is the right tool.
A single GHelper.exe. No installer, nothing else to set up. Open source under a permissive license.