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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.
Open source · 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.
Built with Claude Code · MIT license
- 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.
Three fresh picks every hour from what's trending this week and the latest releases, only from apps you already have. Movies and shows have their own tabs. Powered by TMDB.
Speed
Weather and markets, one press away.
Press down for the hour-by-hour forecast, sunrise and sunset, and live crypto prices. The drawer slides in at 60 frames per second, every frame on time, on the TV's own modest chip.
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.
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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: get the code.
git clone https://github.com/simbasjungles/free-my-tv && cd free-my-tv - Open Claude Code in that folder and say:
It installs the tools it needs, builds the app and puts it on your TV. Swap in your TV's IP and your city.
Install 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, and accept the debugging prompt (tick Always allow).
- 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.
- On your computer: get the code and build the LG app. Add your city to config.properties, as for Google TV.
git clone https://github.com/simbasjungles/free-my-tv && cd free-my-tv && python3 webos/build.py - Install: 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. It takes your city from the TV's time zone; for your exact city and the trending picks, Claude Code builds it with your own settings.
Compatibility
Works with any TV.
Runs right on Google TV and Android TV sets, and on LG and Samsung TVs. Any other TV gets it through a Google TV streamer plugged into HDMI.
Google TVAndroid TVLG webOSSamsung TizenTCLSony
HisensePhilipsXiaomiChromecast with Google TV
Google TV StreamerNVIDIA Shieldonn 4K
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.
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 TCL Channel, messages, store demo, hotel menu, manuals, mirroring and logging apps. Google Assistant only if you ask for it in the config.
Does it work on LG TVs?
Yes. On LG it installs through LG's own Developer Mode, 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. Press EXTEND in the Developer Mode app once a month to keep it.
Does it work on Samsung TVs?
Yes, on Samsung TVs from 2017 on. It installs through Samsung's own Developer Mode with TizenBrew Installer, the community's installer, 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, Claude Code builds it with your free TMDB key.
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 and Russian, plus German on Google TV, following the TV's language, or the one you pick in its settings. Want another one? Ask Claude to add it.
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).
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.