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You got 7.4M views for a free repo, but you have not shown anyone will pay a cent for it.

AI roast score: 58/100 (D)

The idea

7.4M views, 200+ contributors, 170 TV models. Revenue: zero. Cleaning TVs is a great viral stunt. It is not yet a business, and the TV makers can break it with one software update.

In the founder's own words

Gathin23/cleanyourtv — Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.

The viral tweet: x.com/gathint/status/2111379569030939102

On 17 October 2026 I posted a before and after of my parents' TV, cleaned up by Claude Code over Wi-Fi.
It reached 7.4M views, people started doing the same to their own TVs, and their replies turned into
the lists here: 170+ TV models from 200+ contributors in four days. The repo was called tv-vibehack
until the 19th; old links work.

Themes, switches and add-ons: cleanyour.tv/addons

Official links: the website is cleanyour.tv and the code, launcher and
tools live only in this repo. Other domains using the name, such as cleanyourtv.com, are not run by
this project ( #1004 ).

How it works

Android TVs have the same debug bridge as Android phones. Switch on USB debugging in the TV's
developer options, allow your computer once, and the rest is standard Android tooling:



Step
What happens



Back up
The list of installed packages and settings.


Disable
The manufacturer's telemetry, ad services, content rows and preloaded junk, with pm disable-user . Nothing is uninstalled, so a restore script can undo every step.


Install
A small native launcher, made the default home screen.



No root, no cable, nothing uninstalled, and a one-line restore if you change your mind.

The bloat differs by brand, so the prompt has your coding assistant discover it on your TV and ask
before touching anything you might use.

Quick start



You have
Do this



A computer
Use the prompt with a coding assistant: the three steps below.


Only an Android phone
Use the community-built Clean Your TV app by @udhaykumarbala : connect, analyse, clean, in about five minutes. No laptop, no coding agent.



With a computer, you need it on the same Wi-Fi as the TV and a coding assistant with shell access.

Any of these work: Claude Code (on 0G Private Computer or an Anthropic plan ), Codex or Gemini CLI .



Where
What to do



1. On the TV
Settings → Device Preferences → About → press OK on Build seven times → back → Developer options → USB debugging on. If you see a Network or ADB debugging toggle, turn that on too. Keep the TV on.


2. On your computer
Clone the repo and open that folder in your assistant ( git clone https://github.com/Gathin23/cleanyourtv ), then paste PROMPT.md and fill in your TV model.


3. Follow along
Accept "Allow USB debugging?" on the TV, then answer the checklist: which apps you use, the dock size and app order, whether to keep the voice assistant, Chromecast and updates.



Cloning matters: the assistant reuses this repo's tools/disable.sh and launcher/build-and-install.sh
instead of writing its own, and that is where t

The roast

The launch is real. A post reached 7.4M views, and 200+ people sent in lists for 170+ TV models in four days. That is rare, and it proves people hate the junk on their TVs. But attention is not income. Your tool is a free GitHub repo, and the setup is a list of terminal steps. Your own pitch says you need "a coding assistant with shell access" and must press Build seven times in developer settings. That is a hobbyist audience, not the general public. You say your buyer is a consumer, you pick the price as free-then-monetize, and your deal size is under $10. That is a tiny ticket for a product with no revenue and a solo founder. The moat is thin. Your plan relies on community and speed, but anyone can fork an open repo. A TV maker can also patch the debug bridge or reset the home screen in one update. Your biggest unknown is whether anyone will pay, and so far you have no evidence either way.

Red flags

Verdict

Turn the viral moment into a paid, one-tap product for non-technical people within 30 days, or this stays a famous free repo.

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