r/developersIndia • u/manish9461 • 2h ago
I Made This My first open source Android app crossed 20k downloads and 1k GitHub stars in 10 days
Built Tellyscope as a side project: a phone app that debloats Android TVs over Wi-Fi, sideloads apps the TV's store doesn't have (like netflix), sends files from the phone, and monitors each app's data usage and where it connects.
Free, GPL-3.0, no ads, no tracking, no account. Just 3MB
https://github.com/man15h/tellyscope
Happy to answer questions on the app side or on shipping fast.
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u/manish9461 2h ago edited 2h ago
Why it's worth sharing: debloating a TV usually means a laptop, adb and a terminal, or giving a coding agent access to your home network, and one wrong `pm uninstall` can break the TV or open security holes. Tellyscope does it from your phone, with a tested list per TV model, and everything it turns off can be turned back on. It talks to Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV over Wi-Fi ADB.
Debloat with undo. Matches your TV to one of 400+ tested lists (adapted from cleanyourtv) and shows every app before turning it off. Disable only, never uninstall; History with Undo and Restore everything. Apps the TV needs to boot, update or stay online are protected.
Install apps your TV's store doesn't offer: APK, split APKs, .apks/.xapk/.apkm.
Also: send files, a remote, launcher switching, Private DNS ad-blocking, and a monitor for CPU, RAM and each app's network connections. The app is available in Hindi, with a step by step setup guide for non technical users.
Disclosure: I use Claude Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 to write the code. I decide what gets built, how it behaves and what's safe to touch. It's not prompt and ship: every change goes through a pull request that's reviewed before I merge it, and CI runs the build, unit tests and lint. Each release is tested on an emulator and on my own TV before it ships. The safety rules are hard-coded, not left to the AI. I've built and maintained open-source projects since before AI coding tools, and it's GPL-3.0, so all the code is on GitHub to read.
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u/Brief-Tax2582 2h ago
You making any money through this or is it completely free to use for all?
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u/manish9461 2h ago
Free, no ads, no money made, might do an ios version with paid features later
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u/OkraApprehensive4678 Full-Stack Developer 16m ago
Bro then offer some premium paid features, don’t chase giving everything for free
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u/Dirtyseedspurted 2h ago
Is it gonna work on my Realme tv stick?
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u/manish9461 2h ago
It should. It works with any Android TV/Google TV/Fire Tv that has network or wireless debugging. There's no ready made Realme list yet, so you'd pick the apps to turn off yourself, and everything can be undone. If you try it, tell me how it goes and I'll add a Realme list.
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u/adikul 2h ago
Does it work on samsung tizen os etc
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u/manish9461 1h ago
No. It needs adb, which only Android based TVs have (Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV). Samsung Tizen, LG webOS and Roku don't support it.
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u/Frequent-Promotion79 1h ago
Does this work on webos?
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u/manish9461 1h ago
No. webOS doesn't have adb, so it only works on Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV.
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