[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f2bb9jkvuze0pi":3},{"code":4,"message":5,"data":6,"timestamp":59},10000,"success",{"full_name":7,"position":8,"description":9,"language":10,"stars":11,"forks":12,"stars_gained":13,"age_days":14,"hn_threads":15,"one_liner":32,"summary_md":33,"topic":34,"github_topics":37,"license":55,"homepage":56,"updated_at":57,"history":58},"Gathin23\u002Fcleanyourtv",1,"Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.","Java",31087,3603,4179,7,[16,22,28],{"id":17,"title":18,"points":19,"comments":20,"posted_at":21},50164485,"Strip the Bloatware from Any Android TV or Google TV over Wi-Fi",6,0,"2026-10-20",{"id":23,"title":24,"points":25,"comments":26,"posted_at":27},50199731,"Cleanyourtv – Debloat Any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi",3,2,"2026-10-22",{"id":29,"title":30,"points":8,"comments":20,"posted_at":31},50216682,"Using AI to clean your smart TV","2026-10-23","Strips ads and preinstalled apps from Android TV and Google TV over Wi-Fi, then installs a clean home screen launcher.","## The problem\n\nOwners of Android TV and Google TV devices—Sony, TCL, Xiaomi, Hisense, Philips and others—get a home screen cluttered with sponsored rows, telemetry services and preinstalled apps they never asked for. The TV also nags with \"Discover\" prompts and phones home. The usual fixes are a factory reset into a different region, a risky root procedure or simply living with it. CleanYourTV approaches the problem through the same ADB debug bridge that Android phones expose: it disables vendor bloat with `pm disable-user`, which can be undone, and then installs a small native launcher as the default home screen.\n\n## What's different\n\nMost debloating guides amount to copying shell commands from a forum post, which is fragile because package names differ per brand and firmware. Here the README provides a prompt file that you hand to a coding assistant with shell access; the assistant inspects the connected TV, asks which apps you actually use, and applies changes step by step, verifying with screenshots. The bundled launcher is the other half: a pitch-black home with a dock, an app grid and a top shelf that names the focused app, plus HDMI inputs and Wi-Fi in frosted buttons. Compared with the stock Google TV launcher, it is deliberately minimal; compared with community launchers such as a generic Android TV launcher replacement, it is packaged with the debloat workflow and restore path. The claims that stand out are the no-root, nothing-uninstalled approach and the one-line restore.\n\n## Who it's for\n\nPeople with an Android TV or Google TV set who care about privacy and a quieter home screen, and who are comfortable enabling developer options. A coding-assistant-based flow is fine for developers and technically inclined tinkerers; the community Android phone app exists for those without a laptop. Fire TV owners get only the debloat half, since Fire OS will not hand Home to a third-party launcher. Samsung Tizen and LG webOS users should look elsewhere: those are different systems with no ADB.\n\n## Cost of adoption\n\nYou need the TV and a computer on the same Wi-Fi network, USB (network) debugging enabled, and a coding assistant with shell access such as Claude Code, Codex or Gemini CLI. That is a real prerequisite: the project is not a single-click installer for the computer path. The README is unusually detailed about device coverage and known failures, including Fire OS 5 and some China-market TCL sets. The license is NOASSERTION, so check the terms before redistributing the launcher. Maturity is the main risk. The project is days old and the per-model lists come from contributors, so your exact firmware may behave differently.\n\n## Verdict\n\nThe concept is genuinely useful and the execution is more honest than most viral projects: the README lists failures, not just successes. But this is a brand-new repository, created 7 days ago, that gained about 4,157 stars per day and topped the new board at #1. The 30,000+ stars reflect a viral tweet and press coverage far more than long-term maintenance. Hacker News picked it up only lightly (a 6-point thread with no comments). Treat it as a promising tool to test on a secondary TV, not yet as an established utility.",{"slug":35,"name":36},"productivity","Productivity & Utilities",[38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54],"adb","adblock","android-tv","android-tv-launcher","apple-tv","bloatware-removal","claude-code","debloat","fire-tv","google-tv","launcher","privacy","smart-tv","sony-bravia","tcl","vibe-coding","xiaomi","NOASSERTION","https:\u002F\u002Fcleanyour.tv","2026-10-24T16:06:39Z",[],1792867631]