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Thorium for Windows
Chromium fork for Windows named after radioactive element No. 90
Thorium for Windows is the Windows-focused distribution of the Thorium web browser, a privacy- and feature-enhanced Chromium fork named after the radioactive element and built to support modern web browsing with added controls and tweaks not found in standard Chromium builds. It aims to provide a browsing experience similar to Google Chrome in terms of compatibility with web apps and extensions but injects user-centric changes like privacy controls enabled by default, content filtering, and interface tweaks that appeal to advanced users. Thorium often includes enhancements such as Global Privacy Control support, improved media controls, and UI responsiveness tweaks that elevate everyday browsing. ... -
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Debloat Windows 10
A Collection of Scripts Which Disable/Remove Windows 10 Features
“Debloat-Windows-10” is a GitHub repository containing a collection of PowerShell scripts intended to disable or remove unwanted Windows 10 features, built-in apps, services, telemetry components, and tweaks for performance or privacy. The project is archived as of September 23, 2025 and marked as read-only, since Windows 10 will reach end of life. The author explicitly warns that running these scripts can sometimes break system functionality (e.g. user accounts or system components) and recommends using them only on fresh installations with caution. ... -
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WinUtil
Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes
WinUtil by Chris Titus Tech is a comprehensive Windows utility script designed to automate system maintenance, streamline software installations, and apply performance tweaks. It focuses on debloating Windows, fixing update issues, and configuring various system optimizations to enhance user experience. The tool requires running PowerShell with administrator privileges to perform system-wide changes safely and effectively. WinUtil is modular and maintained as multiple scripts compiled into a single executable PowerShell script for ease of use and development. ... -
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CrapFixer
Fixes the crap Windows leaves behind
...It distinguishes between items that are recommended to fix and items that are already optimized, helping you avoid unnecessary changes. The project emphasizes safety by making most tweaks undoable, and it supports running with administrator privileges when deeper changes (like certain registry locations) are required. For users who want more clarity, it includes a help lookup per tweak and offers log review so you can understand what happened and share results for troubleshooting. -
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UnattendedWinstall
Personalized Unattended Answer Files that helps debloat Windows 10
UnattendedWinstall is a collection of Microsoft Unattend XML answer files designed for customized, unattended Windows installations. It automates OS deployment, debloating, and configuration changes (like disabling telemetry, removing default apps, registry tweaks) during initial setup. Designed to streamline clean installs of Windows 10/11 with preconfigured preferences and optimizations. -
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RyTuneX
RyTuneX is a cutting-edge optimizer built with the WinUI 3 framework
...The application lets users “debloat” their system by removing pre-installed apps and Windows features that may be unnecessary or resource-heavy, helping free up resources and storage. It also offers system tweaks to improve responsiveness, reduce background overhead, and optimize system settings for gaming or heavy usage workflows. Privacy enhancements are part of its core offering: toggles for telemetry, data-collection features, background apps and more give users greater control over what their OS is tracking or doing under the hood. -
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MacType
Better font rendering for Windows
...Updated FreeType. Support for color fonts. New installer. Lots of bug fixes. Updates for multi-monitor support. Tray app can intercept explorer in Service Mode now. Tweaks for diacritics. Updates to EasyHook. Lower CPU in Tray Mode. Separate DirectWrite parameter adjustment. Traditional Chinese localization greatly improved thanks to GT Wang. English localization improved. Added Korea localization. MultiLang system improved. -
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Win Debloat Tools
Re-imagining Windows like a minimal OS install
...It aims to re-imagine Windows as if it were installed in a minimal state, removing bloatware and optional features with minimal impact on core functionality, though it warns users to proceed with caution since changes can be extensive. The project supports both graphical and CLI execution flows that let users individually select tweaks or apply a broad “Apply Tweaks” preset that automates many optimizations at once. It typically creates a system restore point before making changes, and also logs actions for transparency so you can review what was done. Beyond simple removal of apps, it can optimize services, cleanup temporary system files, remove residual Windows.old folders, and generally reduce resource overhead for better performance and battery life. -
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Betterfox
Firefox user.js for optimal privacy and security
Betterfox is an opinionated configuration profile for Mozilla Firefox designed to improve everyday web browsing by making the browser faster, more private, and more secure without relying on external add-ons or third-party code. Rather than being a separate browser, it consists of a curated set of preference tweaks (user.js settings) that users apply to their Firefox profile to optimize performance and harden privacy settings. The project focuses on a minimal-impact, maximum-effect approach, removing unnecessary background services, reducing fingerprinting, and tightening security defaults while trying to keep sites usable. Betterfox recommends pairing these settings with essential extensions like ad blockers and DNS-level protections to achieve a well-rounded browsing experience. ... -
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Thorium for Mac
High-performance, privacy-focused browser built as a fork of Chromium
Thorium-MacOS packages the Thorium browser for Apple’s macOS platforms, providing a native-optimized version of this community-driven Chromium fork that emphasizes speed, performance, and configurable privacy protections. Built from the same source base as other Thorium variants, the MacOS edition includes architectural adjustments and compiler tweaks that take advantage of Apple hardware capabilities (including Apple Silicon and Intel architectures) to deliver smooth, efficient browsing with responsive UI interactions. The project aims to combine the robust web compatibility of Chromium with incremental improvements, such as optimized build flags, privacy enhancements enabled by default, and UI adjustments that feel at home on macOS while still preserving classic Chromium layout and extension compatibility. ... -
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SpotX
SpotX patcher used for patching the desktop version of Spotify
SpotX is a community-built Spotify desktop client patcher that blocks audio, video, and banner ads and unlocks premium-like features—such as unlimited skips and custom themes—on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It injects tweaks client-side to redefine the Spotify experience. -
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IntelliJ Community Edition
IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform
...It provides foundational features like a robust editor with code completion, syntax highlighting, refactoring tools, version control integrations, terminal, debugger, and plugin architecture. Since it’s open, community developers can contribute to language supports, UI tweaks, and platform enhancements. From this base, JetBrains builds full editions (Ultimate) by layering proprietary features for enterprise frameworks and integrations. IntelliJ Community supports multiple JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala, Groovy) and serves as a host for plugin ecosystems that add support for web, database, and cloud tooling. ... -
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PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner
PureMac is a customization-focused project that enhances the macOS user experience by applying design tweaks, system optimizations, and interface improvements. It provides tools and configurations that allow users to modify the look and behavior of macOS to better suit their preferences. The project emphasizes minimalism, performance, and aesthetic consistency. It includes scripts and settings that adjust system elements without requiring deep system modification. -
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ArkOS
Another rockchip Operating System
...This OS came about from an initial fork of The Retro Arena to support a roms folder on a NTFS partition so that the management of roms could be done by simply putting you SD card into an appropriate card reader on a Windows 10 computer. Through various upgrades and tweaks overtime, it has diverged significantly from TheRA and it's time to rebrand this distro. With suggestions provided by community members, ArkOS was chosen. -
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yt-dlp-gui
A cross-platform GUI wrapper for yt-dlp written in PySide6
...Written in PySide6 (Python with Qt bindings), it wraps the powerful yt-dlp engine in a visual application that lets users paste video URLs, choose formats, apply presets, and start downloads with a click, while still exposing options for advanced tweaks via configuration files. The project supports preset definitions and global arguments through a config file, so users can customize their most common download workflows—like audio extraction, quality ranking, or embedding thumbnails—without retyping arguments each time. Downloads can be initiated from a portable app bundle or run manually with Python, making it flexible across platforms including Windows and Linux. -
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Xenia Canary
Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
Xenia Canary is an experimental fork of the Xenia Xbox 360 emulator that moves faster than the mainline project to trial bleeding-edge improvements. It focuses on game compatibility and performance by iterating quickly on GPU and CPU emulation paths, shader translation, and timing correctness. Canary builds are where risky optimizations, new backends, and rewrites land first so they can be tested by a wider community before stabilizing. The project emphasizes pragmatism: make more titles... -
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Windows Super God Mode
Creates shortcuts to virtually every special location or action built
This project packages a set of Windows tweaks, shortcuts, and convenience scripts that surface many of the OS’s hidden settings and advanced controls into a single, easy-to-use place. It automates creation of “God Mode” folders and other control-panel shortcuts, removes the need to manually hunt through layers of Settings or the Registry, and often bundles helper scripts for common maintenance tasks. -
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ThoriumOS
ChromiumOS fork with Thorium Browser, x264/x265 codecs
ThoriumOS is an experimental Chromium OS fork maintained by the creator of the Thorium web browser. It is focused on optimizing Chrome OS for performance, developer control, and flexibility, especially on legacy or non-Google hardware. ThoriumOS provides a fast and lightweight desktop environment centered around the Chromium browser, aiming to give users a secure, privacy-respecting, and efficient alternative operating system. The project builds on Chromium OS's open-source base while... -
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Hellzerg Optimizer
The finest Windows Optimizer
...Optimizer is recommended after a fresh, clean installation of Windows to achieve maximum privacy and security. Depending on your version of Windows, Optimizer will also allow you to perform some specific tweaks. -
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ShizuTools
Contains many tools to control android system via shizuku
ShizuTools is an Android utility suite that leverages elevated system access via Shizuku to provide controls that normally require ADB, root, or OEM-only privileges. Instead of being a single-purpose app, it bundles several focused tools under one umbrella, making it easier to apply advanced tweaks without constantly switching apps or writing commands by hand. A major use case is system app management, where the Debloater tool helps uninstall or disable preinstalled components and surfaces app information to guide safer decisions. It also includes tools that change day-to-day behavior, like enforcing picture-in-picture for apps that don’t expose it, enabling multiple audio streams at once, and giving per-app audio controls beyond what Android typically allows. ... -
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windows_hardening
HardeningKitty and Windows Hardening Settings
This repository, also known as HardeningKitty, is a comprehensive Windows hardening checklist for personal and enterprise environments. It translates security benchmarks (e.g., CIS, Microsoft Security Baselines) into actionable Group Policy and registry recommendations. Though designed primarily for Windows 10, it includes workaround modes such as “HailMary” for Windows Home users lacking the Group Policy Editor. -
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Dolphin
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator
Dolphin is a mature, open-source video game console emulator that enables users to run Nintendo GameCube and Wii games on modern platforms including Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android devices. Originally released in 2003, it has evolved into one of the most advanced and widely used emulators, known for its high compatibility and continuous development over decades. The project is written primarily in C++ and focuses on accurately replicating console hardware behavior, including CPU timing,... -
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DWMBlurGlass
Add custom effect to global system title bar, support win10 and win11
...Because its scope is narrowly defined — focusing on window rendering / UI effect — it is probably lightweight, easy to integrate in projects needing custom window decorations. This kind of project appeals to developers interested in customized UI, modded Windows applications, or aesthetic tweaks rather than full-blown applications or games. As with many small open-source utilities, using DWMBlurGlass involves incorporating its code or build into your own application so that windows render with blur/ glass-style background, giving a modern or stylized look. -
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Winetricks
Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine
Winetricks is a helper script for the Wine compatibility layer that simplifies the process of configuring Wine environments, installing needed Windows components, and applying tweaks to make applications run better or at all under Wine. Wine itself provides a runtime for Windows applications on Unix-like systems, but when programs require specific DLLs, components like .NET frameworks, fonts, or special settings, users would traditionally have to manually fetch and configure them; Winetricks automates these tasks with an easy interface. ... -
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Ungoogled Chromium
A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency
...Unlike other Chromium forks that have their own visions of a web browser, ungoogled-chromium is essentially a drop-in replacement for Chromium. ungoogled-chromium features tweaks to enhance privacy, control, and transparency. However, almost all of these features must be manually activated or enabled. In scenarios where the objectives conflict, the objective of higher significance should take precedence. Disable functionality specific to Google domains (e.g. Google Host Detector, Google URL Tracker, Google Cloud Messaging, Google Hotwording, etc.). ...
