# berthubert/googerteller

audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into google

Repository: https://github.com/berthubert/googerteller
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/googerteller
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-29T05:02:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1473, "days_push": 856, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2225, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:28.063667+00:00)

## What it is
A C++ command-line tool that plays audible beeps whenever your computer sends packets to Google services or known trackers, using tcpdump or bpftrace output. It makes Google tracking activity perceptible in real time via stereo audio feedback.

## Use cases
- hear how often my browser contacts google trackers
- audibly monitor google tracking on my machine
- detect which apps send packets to google services
- visualize privacy leaks with sound while browsing
- track network connections to google from a single process like firefox

## When to choose
- you want an immediate, visceral sense of how much traffic goes to Google
- you run Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD and are comfortable with tcpdump/bpftrace and sudo
- you want a lightweight, hackable C++ tool you can configure per-tracker

## When to avoid
- you need silent logging or detailed reports rather than audio alerts
- you are on Windows or need a GUI
- you want comprehensive tracking detection beyond Google's published IP lists

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, monitoring, audio-processing, privacy, cli
- domain: privacy, networking, security, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: tracker-detection, audible-feedback, google-tracking, tcpdump, packet-inspection, privacy-monitoring, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- berthubert/googerteller (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.063667+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:55.160840+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/berthubert/googerteller (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.063667+00:00, sha 76f0e697b889)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.