Projects sharing features with DisableWinTracking

Re-imagining Windows like a minimal OS install, already debloated with minimal impact for most functionality.

Aliucord is a modified version of the Discord Android application that functions as a plugin-based app extender. It allows for the installation of third-party plugins and deep customization of the mobile client without requiring a full rebuild of the binary. The project provides a framework for loading external code modules at runtime and includes a management system for installing and updating these extensions. It features a dedicated telemetry blocker designed to prevent the application from sending tracking and analytics data to remote servers. Additional capabilities include a crash logg

Windows10Debloater is a PowerShell-based utility designed to automate the removal of pre-installed software and the modification of system settings on Windows operating systems. It functions as a configuration manager that streamlines the desktop environment by uninstalling bundled applications and adjusting background services to reduce resource consumption. The tool distinguishes itself by providing a centralized orchestration layer for system hardening and privacy management. It allows users to restrict diagnostic data collection and block telemetry services, effectively limiting backgroun

RyTuneX is a utility suite designed for managing operating system features, removing bloatware, and controlling data privacy settings. It functions as a system optimizer and debloater that allows users to uninstall preinstalled applications and tune system configurations to improve performance and reliability. The project includes a privacy manager to disable telemetry and block data collection tracking. It provides a dashboard for modifying system behaviors and hardware specifications through a simplified interface, including toggle switches for native operating system features. The suite c

Cromite is a privacy-focused browser built as a fork of Chromium that embeds a network-level content blocking engine to intercept advertisements, pop-ups, and tracking scripts before they reach the page. It applies community-maintained public filter lists directly within the browser, eliminating the need for external extensions, and uses a curated patch system applied to the Chromium source tree at build time to add or modify features without maintaining a separate codebase. The browser is hardened against tracking and data leakage through a comprehensive set of privacy and security measures.

UnattendedWinstall is an OS deployment automation tool and unattended installation generator for Windows. It creates answer files and configuration mappings to automate the operating system setup process, enabling a clean installation without manual intervention. The tool provides specialized capabilities for bypassing hardware requirement checks during setup. It further allows for the injection of customized registry tweaks and system-wide settings directly into the installation image to modify OS behavior. The framework covers broad system optimization and hardening, including the removal

This utility provides a centralized administrative framework for managing and optimizing Windows environments. It functions by executing system-level primitives, including registry modifications, service management, and file system operations, to enforce performance, privacy, and security policies. The project distinguishes itself through its template-driven automation, which allows users to apply predefined configuration profiles to ensure consistent system states across machines. It integrates low-level adjustments—such as memory balancing, startup control, and hardware parameter tuning—wit

Simplewall is an application firewall manager and network traffic filter that provides a graphical interface for the Windows Filtering Platform. It controls inbound and outbound network access for individual programs and services by intercepting and filtering traffic at the kernel level. The project identifies specific binaries using file hashes to prevent spoofing and allows users to define custom firewall rules based on IP addresses, CIDR ranges, and port numbers. It includes a system for blocking operating system telemetry and managing blocklists of known malicious IP addresses. The tool

SpotX is a desktop client patcher designed to modify the Spotify application. It functions as an ad-blocking modifier and UI customizer that removes advertisements and promotional content from the music player. The project includes tools to disable automatic updates, ensuring that custom patches and visual themes remain active. It also provides a telemetry blocking patch to prevent the application from sending usage data and analytics to the service provider. The tool enables interface customization to hide specific sections, such as podcasts and audiobooks, from the homepage. These modifica

This project is an administrative utility suite designed to optimize Windows 11 environments through automated script execution. It functions by modifying core system configurations, removing pre-installed software packages, and terminating non-essential background processes to reclaim system resources and storage space. The tool distinguishes itself by providing a structured approach to privacy management and system maintenance. It programmatically updates registry keys and system settings to disable telemetry and background data collection, while offering state-reversion capabilities that a

AdguardFilters is a collection of curated adblock filter lists, content blocking rulesets, and DNS blocklists. Its primary purpose is to provide the rules necessary to identify and remove advertisements, tracking scripts, and intrusive elements across web browsers and applications. The project includes specialized rules for cosmetic filtering to hide layout gaps and a malware domain database to block phishing and spyware destinations. It provides distinct filtering sets for different regions and purposes, such as social media blocking. The repository covers broad capability areas including m

This project is a comprehensive technical documentation repository focused on Linux system administration, network security, and privacy-oriented computing. It provides a curated knowledge base of instructional guides and configuration tutorials designed to assist users in managing low-level system environments, kernel compilation, and bootloader setup. The repository distinguishes itself by emphasizing privacy engineering and infrastructure hardening. It offers detailed procedures for anonymizing network traffic, securing credentials, and isolating applications within a computing environment

Lists is a curated collection of DNS blocklists, a domain blocklist generator, and a categorized library of domains used for network content filtering. The project provides a command-line pipeline that aggregates upstream sources to build and validate blocklists used to redirect unwanted traffic to null addresses. The project distinguishes itself through a CLI-driven build pipeline that automates the fetching, validation, and daily regeneration of datasets. It organizes domains into discrete functional categories rather than a single monolithic list and exports them in multiple syntaxes, incl

Ungoogled Chromium is a desktop web browser derived from the open-source Chromium codebase, modified to remove all background communication with external services and proprietary dependencies. It functions as a privacy-focused distribution that ensures user data remains local by eliminating telemetry hooks and data collection integrations. The project distinguishes itself through extensive source-code pruning and domain-substitution patching, which replace hardcoded service URLs with non-functional placeholders to prevent unauthorized data transmission. It further hardens the browser runtime

Universal Android Debloater is a cross-platform desktop utility designed to uninstall pre-installed system applications from Android devices. Built with Rust, it provides a graphical user interface to manage system applications via the Android Debug Bridge. The tool specifically enables the removal of factory-installed software on non-rooted devices. It targets the improvement of device privacy, security, and battery life by reducing the software attack surface and removing unwanted data-collecting applications. The system handles package-name resolution to map human-readable application nam

This project provides a collection of tools for deploying, activating, and managing volume-licensed Microsoft Office suites on macOS, supporting versions from 2011 through LTSC 2024. It handles the full lifecycle of Office installation and licensing, including the ability to install a complete Office suite as a single package and activate it using volume license serializers that bypass individual product keys or Microsoft accounts. The project includes capabilities for troubleshooting and repairing broken Office installations by cleaning remnants of previous versions using official Microsoft

Millennium is a modding framework for the Steam desktop application designed to inject custom code, scripts, and styles into the client's Chromium rendering engine. It functions as a system for applying custom themes, loading dynamic plugins, and intercepting network requests. The project provides a dynamic plugin loader to extend application functionality without requiring a restart and a telemetry blocker to intercept outgoing network requests for analytics and crash reporting. It includes a tool for modifying the visual appearance of the application via a live editor that supports real-tim

Bloatynosy is a unified Windows system management tool that removes pre-installed bloatware, manages optional features, configures privacy settings, cleans residual files, and controls Windows updates. It operates through a core system interaction layer that leverages Appx, DISM, PowerShell, Registry, COM, Task Scheduler, and Windows Update APIs to apply configuration changes and manage system state. The tool provides a streamlined post-install and ongoing configuration experience, guiding users through initial setup to skip unwanted prompts and configure privacy early. It suppresses intrusiv

Windows Hardening is a PowerShell-based automation framework designed for security assessment and configuration management within Windows environments. It provides a suite of administrative utilities to enforce industry-standard security benchmarks, audit system compliance, and reduce the overall attack surface of host machines. The project distinguishes itself by offering specialized capabilities for enterprise-wide configuration management, including the ability to transform security findings into deployable group policy objects. It also integrates system state management, allowing administ

dae is a high-performance Linux network tool that functions as an eBPF transparent proxy. It intercepts and redirects packets at the kernel level to route internet traffic based on domains, IP addresses, and process names. The project distinguishes itself by modifying TLS handshakes to simulate browser signatures, which prevents server-side detection of proxy traffic. It also implements a full-cone network address translation gateway to maintain stable bidirectional connections and utilizes a latency-based node selector to automatically route traffic through the fastest available proxy nodes.

Gasmask is a macOS utility designed to manage system-level network routing by organizing, merging, and activating multiple hosts file configurations. It provides a graphical interface that allows users to switch between different connectivity environments without manual file editing. The tool enables the aggregation of local and remote network mapping sets into a single active configuration. It supports the synchronization of external routing rules by periodically fetching data from remote web sources, ensuring that local domain redirection lists remain current. To apply changes, the applica

SophiApp is a suite of specialized tools designed for removing pre-installed software, installing system runtimes, optimizing operating system performance, and hardening privacy on Windows 10 and 11. It includes a dedicated bloatware removal tool, a dependency installer for runtimes and codecs, and a privacy hardening suite to restrict data collection. The project features an optimization toolkit and registry tweaker that apply configuration changes to customize system behavior, appearance, and performance. These tools use a graphical interface to modify registry values, manage theme personal

Win11Debloat is a command-line utility designed to automate the configuration, privacy hardening, and maintenance of Windows environments. It functions as a centralized tool for streamlining the operating system by removing pre-installed software, disabling telemetry and diagnostic tracking, and adjusting system settings to enhance performance and user privacy. The project distinguishes itself through its support for declarative configuration profiles and audit-mode provisioning, which allow administrators to define and enforce consistent system states across multiple machines. Users can inte

Atlas is an operating system customization framework designed to deploy streamlined versions of Windows. It functions as a performance optimization tool that establishes a baseline environment by removing pre-installed software, unnecessary background services, and resource-heavy processes. The project distinguishes itself through a comprehensive suite of automation and configuration tools that modify low-level system registry keys and group policies. These mechanisms allow users to enforce performance-oriented hardware settings, restrict telemetry and data collection, and manage the lifecycl

This repository is a technical documentation site and a collection of guides and references for implementing networking, security, and cloud infrastructure services. It functions as a static-site generated portal and a headless content platform, separating source files from the presentation layer to enable flexible rendering. The project utilizes markdown-based documentation stored in a version-controlled Git repository. It provides specialized technical content including an AI platform documentation for building agents and managing inference, a cloud infrastructure guide for DNS and CDN conf

This project is an OS-level process sandbox and cross-platform security wrapper for Linux and macOS. It is designed to isolate arbitrary processes from the host machine by restricting filesystem and network access without the use of full containerization. The system functions as a system-call interceptor and access controller, blocking unauthorized operating system calls based on predefined security policies. It employs allowlists and denylists to manage resource requests and monitors for security violations in real time. Capability areas include filesystem access management using glob-patte

ufw-docker is a network security tool and firewall manager designed to enforce UFW security policies on Docker container traffic. It functions as a Linux firewall orchestrator that modifies routing and filter rules to prevent container traffic from bypassing system firewall policies via iptables. The tool provides capabilities for isolated port exposure, allowing specific ports or protocols to be opened for containers without exposing them on the host machine. It also manages network subnet security for IPv4 and IPv6 through automatic detection and custom CIDR ranges. The system includes aut