Gathin23/tv-vibehack
Your TV, minus the ads. Debloat any Android TV over ADB and give it a clean, tvOS-inspired launcher. Built in an afternoon with Claude Code.
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Your TV, minus the ads. Debloat any Android TV / Google TV over ADB and give it a clean, tvOS-inspired launcher. Hand the prompt to Claude Code or any coding assistant, answer a few questions about which apps you use, and it does the rest on the real TV. Everything is reversible: packages are disabled, never uninstalled, and a restore script puts the stock launcher back. Developer options → turn on USB debugging (and Network/ADB debugging if your TV shows it). Keep the TV on and on the same Wi-Fi as your computer. PROMPT.md, filling in your TV model. questions (which apps you use, which four go in the dock). That's it. The assistant backs up, debloats, builds and installs the launcher, and verifies each step with screenshots from the TV. If you'd rather do it by hand, the pieces are below. A small native Android TV home screen (com.gathin.tvhome),…
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- tv-vibehack
- Quick start
- What's in the repo
- The launcher
- Talking to the TV by hand
- Gotchas we hit
- Supported TVs
- Contributing
- Licence
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What this repository does
Your TV, minus the ads. Debloat any Android TV over ADB and give it a clean, tvOS-inspired launcher. Built in an afternoon with Claude Code.
Repository facts
- Owner
- Gathin23
- Primary language
- Java
- Stars
- 801
- Forks
- 85
- Open issues + pull requests
- 20
- License
- Other
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-17T08:12:35.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-17T17:54:16.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: adb, android-tv, claude-code, debloat, launcher, xiaomi
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