# undergroundwires/privacy.sexy

Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy

Repository: https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privacysexy
Homepage: https://privacy.sexy
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: privacy, privacy-tools, privacy-protection, tweaks-collection, domain-driven-design, security-tools, security-hardening, bloatware-removal, bloatware, debotnet, cleanup, debloater, debloat, windows10, macos, linux, windows11, cybersecurity, security, security-tool
Last push: 2026-02-13T10:55:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2437, "days_push": 201, "days_rel": 538, "gap_med": 59, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5983, forks 293 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:33.978563+00:00)

## What it is
privacy.sexy is an open-source desktop application that enforces privacy and security best practices on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides a GUI to apply hardening tweaks, remove bloatware, and disable telemetry, generating reversible scripts for each change.

## Use cases
- disable windows telemetry and tracking
- remove bloatware from windows 11
- harden macos privacy settings
- apply security best practices on linux
- debloat my operating system
- turn off data collection settings

## When to choose
- you want a guided GUI to apply privacy and security tweaks across Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you need reversible, script-based system hardening with best-practice recommendations
- you want to debloat Windows 10/11 and disable telemetry safely

## When to avoid
- you need enterprise-scale policy management or centralized fleet configuration
- you require automated continuous compliance monitoring rather than one-off hardening
- you want a headless CLI-only tool without a graphical interface

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: privacy, security, windows, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: debloating, security-hardening, telemetry-removal, system-tweaks, privacy-tools, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- undergroundwires/privacy.sexy (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:33.978563+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 2026-08-29T17:49:53.091086+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:33.978563+00:00, sha 06fff058f508)
  - homepage: https://privacy.sexy (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:06.583647+00:00, sha dc6d44bcd029)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.