# builtbybel/privatezilla

👀👮🐢🔥Performs a privacy & security check of Windows 10

Repository: https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privatezilla
Homepage: https://www.builtbybel.com/apps/privatezilla
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows-10, privacy, privacy-protection, telemetry, security, security-automation, powershell, debloat
Last push: 2023-04-18T18:28:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2285, "days_push": 1233, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3736, forks 172 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.828262+00:00)

## What it is
Privatezilla is a Windows 10 desktop application that performs a privacy and security check against about 60 critical privacy settings, letting users enable or disable them via a GUI. It also supports a community package with PowerShell-based advanced scripting for debloating, telemetry blocking, and removing pre-installed apps.

## Use cases
- check windows 10 privacy settings
- disable windows 10 telemetry
- debloat windows 10 by removing preinstalled apps
- block telemetry via firewall and hosts file
- uninstall onedrive from windows 10
- audit which privacy settings are configured

## When to choose
- you want a simple GUI to audit and toggle Windows 10 privacy settings
- you need PowerShell-based debloating and telemetry blocking on Windows 10 (1809-2009)

## When to avoid
- you run Windows 11 or Windows versions outside 1809-2009
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- you want a cross-platform privacy tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, privacy, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: privacy, security, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: windows-10, telemetry, debloat, powershell-scripts, privacy-check, automation, desktop

## Member repositories
- builtbybel/privatezilla (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.828262+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 2026-08-29T18:29:10.648378+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.828262+00:00, sha 5dc6cd3cfcec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.