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Your apps, front and center.
The streaming apps you actually use, on a glass shelf that comes alive under the remote. No rows of promos, no autoplaying ads, nothing you didn't ask for.
Google TV, Android TV, LG & Samsung
Free your TV.
Swap the ad-filled home screen for a fast, clean one. Trending picks from your own apps, the weather at a glance, and a look that follows the sunset. One button to undo.
- 60 fpssmooth on the TV's own GPU
- −60%home screen memory
- 0ads, banners or promos
- 1 buttonback to stock, anytime
Before → after
Your home screen shouldn't be a billboard.
Drag to compare. Same TV, same apps, minus the sponsored rows.
Picks
Trending, not sponsored.
Fresh picks every hour from what's trending this week and the latest releases, only from apps you already have. The focused one opens wide and the others show their posters, up to six per tab, from the services you choose. Movies and shows have their own tabs, and on Google TV your own Plex library joins in. Powered by TMDB.
Speed
Weather and markets, one press away.
Press down for the forecast, hour by hour or for the next 5 days, sunrise and sunset, and live crypto prices in your currency. The drawer slides in at 60 frames per second, every frame on time, on the TV's own modest chip.
And more
All the little things.
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Continue Watching
Choose what tops the home screen: the picks, a big clock, or what you left halfway, with its progress. OK picks it up in its app.
Google TV and Android TV -
Now Playing
Music, a podcast or the radio in the background shows on the home screen and the screensaver: the title, the artist and the app. Turn it on in Home Settings.
Google TV and Android TV -
Your key from your phone
Home Settings → TMDB key shows a QR code: scan it, paste your free key, and the picks light up. On LG and Samsung, type it with the remote.
Every TV -
Updates on their own
The ready APK looks for a new release every week, and Home Settings → Updates installs it once you say OK.
Google TV and Android TV -
A screensaver to match
Full-screen photos of the picks, or up to 100 of your own on Google TV, with a big glass clock.
Every TV -
Sleep timer and remote buttons
Turn the TV off in 5 minutes to 4 hours, over any app, and choose what the remote's app buttons open on TCL, Sony, Xiaomi, Hisense and more.
Google TV and Android TV
5:20 PM · your city's real sunset
Light by day. Dark by night.
Free My TV follows the real sunset where you live and eases into a darker look, the way your phone does. No setting to touch.
Measured on a real TV
Lighter, faster, quieter.
A 98″ TCL Google TV running Android 14, stock home screen vs. Free My TV.
0fps
Smooth
Every frame in 16.6 ms, on the TV's own GPU.
−0%
Memory
0
Ads
No sponsored banners, rows or promos. Not a single one.
How it works
No root. No cloud. Just your TV.
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Allow it once
Turn on developer options and accept the "Allow USB debugging?" prompt on the TV. That's the only permission it needs.
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It swaps the home screen
Through the TV's own ADB (localhost, nothing leaves the TV) it becomes the home screen and screensaver, and turns off the stock launcher plus a short list of promo apps. Nothing is uninstalled.
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Undo anytime
One button brings back the factory home screen, screensaver and every app. If something ever goes wrong, it switches back by itself.
Install
About ten minutes, start to finish.
Free, open source and easy to undo.
- On the TV: Settings → System → About → press Android TV OS build 7 times. Back in System, open Developer options and turn on USB debugging. Write down the TV's IP address (Settings → Network & Internet).
- On your computer: open an AI assistant (Claude Code, Codex or Antigravity) and say:
It downloads the code, installs the tools it needs, builds the app and puts it on your TV, and asks before anything important. Swap in your TV's IP and your city.
Install Free My TV (github.com/simbasjungles/free-my-tv) on my TV at 192.168.1.50. I live in Lisbon. - Back on the TV: open Free My TV → Home Screen → Free My TV. That's when the TV asks Allow USB debugging? for Free My TV: tick Always allow and accept.
- On the TV: turn on Developer options and USB debugging (as in the first tab), and note its IP address.
- On your computer: download FreeMyTV.apk from the latest release and install it with adb (on a Mac, brew install android-platform-tools):
On Android 14, if Play Protect holds it, choose More details → Install anyway. On TCL TVs, also let it run in the background (TCL blocks it by default):
adb connect 192.168.1.50:5555 && adb install -r FreeMyTV.apkadb shell "appops set io.freemytv AUTO_START allow || appops set io.freemytv APP_AUTO_START allow" - On the TV: open Free My TV → Home Screen → Free My TV, and when the TV asks Allow USB debugging?, tick Always allow and accept.
- The picks: Home Settings → TMDB key shows a QR code: scan it with your phone and paste your free TMDB key. Your city comes from the TV's time zone, and new versions install from Home Settings → Updates.
- On the TV: turn on Developer options and USB debugging (as in the other tab), and note its IP address.
- Tools: a JDK (17+), the Android SDK command-line tools and adb. On a Mac:
brew install --cask temurin android-commandlinetools android-platform-tools && sdkmanager "build-tools;34.0.0" "platforms;android-34" - Build: the first run creates config.properties. Add your city there and, for the trending picks, a free TMDB key. Then build again.
git clone https://github.com/simbasjungles/free-my-tv && cd free-my-tv && ./build.sh - Install:
On TCL TVs, also let it run in the background (TCL blocks it by default):
adb connect 192.168.1.50:5555 && adb install -r FreeMyTV.apkadb shell "appops set io.freemytv AUTO_START allow || appops set io.freemytv APP_AUTO_START allow" - On the TV: open Free My TV → Home Screen → Free My TV.
- On the TV: in the LG Content Store, install Developer Mode. Sign in with a free LG developer account, turn on Dev Mode Status (the TV restarts), then turn on Key Server. Write down the IP address and the passphrase it shows.
- With the webOS Homebrew Channel: add this repository in the Channel's settings, and install Free My TV from its list (updates come from there too). It takes your city from the TV's time zone; for the picks, type your free TMDB key in Home Settings → TMDB key.
https://freemytv.io/webos/apps.json - Or build it on your computer with your city in config.properties, as for Google TV:
git clone https://github.com/simbasjungles/free-my-tv && cd free-my-tv && python3 webos/build.py - Install your build: type the TV's passphrase when it asks. Free My TV opens on the TV.
python3 webos/install.py 192.168.1.50 - One press away: while it's open, hold a number key on the remote. From then on, that key opens Free My TV from anywhere. Press EXTEND in Developer Mode once a month to keep it.
- On the TV: open Apps and type 1 2 3 4 5 on the remote. Turn Developer mode on, type your computer's IP address in Host PC IP, and restart the TV.
- On your computer: download TizenBrew Installer, the community's installer for Samsung TVs, open it and connect to your TV.
- Install from GitHub: type this. On 2023 and newer TVs it asks you to sign in to your Samsung account once, to sign the app for your TV.
simbasjungles/free-my-tv - Straight to it: in the TV's settings, under Start Screen Options, turn on Autorun Last App: the TV turns on into Free My TV (on 2019 and 2020 TVs, put it first in the Home bar instead). It takes your city from the TV's time zone (change it in Home Settings → City); for the trending picks, type your free TMDB key in Home Settings → TMDB key.
- A 2015 or 2016 TV? TizenBrew starts at 2017, so let your AI assistant build it for you (Developer mode as in step 1):
Install Free My TV (github.com/simbasjungles/free-my-tv) on my Samsung TV at 192.168.1.50. I live in Lisbon.
Compatibility
Works with any TV.
Runs right on Google TV and Android TV sets, on LG TVs from webOS 3 and on Samsung TVs from 2015. Any other TV gets it through a Google TV streamer plugged into HDMI.
Google TVAndroid TVLG webOSSamsung TizenTCLSony
HisensePhilipsXiaomiVestelNextStarPhilcoMultilaser
Chromecast with Google TVGoogle TV StreamerNVIDIA Shieldonn 4KMi TV Stick
HY300 projectorsWanbo projectors
Different brand or model? Ask Claude: it reads your TV and adapts Free My TV to it, from the home screen it replaces to the apps it tidies up.
FAQ
Good questions.
Is it safe?
It uses the same commands as Android's own developer tools, from inside the TV. Nothing is rooted or uninstalled: apps are only turned off and come back with one button. Picture, sound, inputs, the remote, Google services and the Play Store are on a never-touch list.
Which TVs does it work on?
Google TV and Android TV from Android 8 on: TCL, Sony, Hisense, Philips, Xiaomi and more, streamers like Chromecast with Google TV and onn 4K, and LG and Samsung TVs as an app. The APK goes on the TV, not on your phone. On Huawei TVs (HarmonyOS) and Fire TV it stays an app you open, and the TV keeps its own home screen: on a Huawei, don't switch it.
How do I go back?
Open Free My TV → Home Screen → Original. The factory home screen, screensaver and every app come back exactly as they were. If the new home screen ever crashes three times in five minutes, it switches back on its own.
Does it change picture quality?
No. Picture settings aren't touched, and videos play through the same hardware path. We measured the same resolution and the same video source in both modes.
What gets turned off?
The stock home screen and screensaver (replaced), Google TV's recovery home, Play Games and YouTube Music, and on TCL TVs the messages, store demo, hotel menu, manuals, mirroring and logging apps (and the like on Philco, Multilaser and NextStar TVs). Google Assistant only if you ask for it in the config.
Does it work on LG TVs?
Yes, from webOS 3 on. It installs through LG's own Developer Mode, or from the webOS Homebrew Channel, with nothing rooted or changed on the TV, and it opens with one press of a number key. Same home screen, same picks, weather and prices; for the picks, type your free TMDB key in its Home Settings. Press EXTEND in the Developer Mode app once a month to keep it.
Does it work on Samsung TVs?
Yes, on Samsung TVs from 2015 on. It installs through Samsung's own Developer Mode with TizenBrew Installer, the community's installer (2017 and newer), or as your own build, with nothing rooted or changed on the TV. Same home screen, weather and prices, with your city from the TV's time zone. For the trending picks, type your free TMDB key in its Home Settings.
Can I make it mine?
That's the idea. Open the folder in Claude Code and just ask: "add Crunchyroll to the shelf", "show prices in euros", "set it up for my Sony". It changes the code, rebuilds the app and puts it on your TV.
Does it speak my language?
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German, French, Italian, Japanese and 18 more, following the TV's language, or the one you pick in its settings. Want another one? Ask Claude to add it.
Does it update itself?
On Google TV and Android TV, the ready APK looks for a new release once a week and installs it when you say OK, in Home Settings → Updates. On LG, the Homebrew Channel brings the new version; on Samsung, TizenBrew Installer installs the latest release over the one you have.
Does it collect any data?
No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. It only talks to TMDB (picks), Open-Meteo (weather, for your city) and Binance (prices), and Watchmode (links to titles), your own Plex server, your own Immich server (your photos) and Trakt (what you're watching, on Google TV) only if you set them up; the Trakt sign-in stays on the TV. Your own Home Assistant only if you set its address and turn its buttons on. On Google TV and Android TV, the ready APK also asks GitHub once a week for a new version, and while Home Settings → TMDB key shows its QR code, the TV answers your phone on your home network (one key, 5 minutes at most).
Is it free?
Yes. MIT license, and the TMDB key is free too.
Free your TV tonight.
Open source, ten minutes, one button to undo.