# kulwantnagi/android-tv-makeover

> A tool to modify Android TV: debloat preinstalled apps, replace the home screen with a clean Apple TV style launcher, and add an Indian live TV app. Everything is reversible, controlled over Wi-Fi ADB.

- Magnitude: 5.4 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 120 total · Not enough measurements today
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Apps · Language: Java · License: MIT · Created: 2026-10-19 · Last push: 2026-10-20
- GitHub: https://github.com/kulwantnagi/android-tv-makeover · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/kulwantnagi/android-tv-makeover

## Useful for

- Disable preinstalled apps on Android TV via Wi-Fi ADB
- Replace the stock launcher with a clean one featuring photos and a five-app dock
- Control the TV from a phone via a web interface: trackpad, keyboard, volume

## Why it’s here

- There are not enough fresh counter measurements for today's UTC day. The gain is unknown.
- The repository is 2 days old and already has 120 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #152.
- About 32 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 24
- Issues and pull requests: 1
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 70 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0

## Stars per day, last 3 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-19 … 2026-10-21: 28, 92, None

## Magnitude by day, last 2 days

10-20 2.8, 10-21 5.4

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #152

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Data as of 2026-10-21 00:15 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.