Television home screen

Android TV test build

CrackTV™

A local-first Android TV home launcher without accounts, ads or a recommendation feed.

Current statusAndroid TV test buildVersion0.1.0PlatformAndroid TV 6.0+
Android TV previewAndroid TV 6.0+
CrackTV interface
CrackTVAndroid TV test build

The viewing surface

A local-first Android TV home launcher without accounts, ads or a recommendation feed.

CrackTV replaces the standard Android TV home screen with a focused, local library. It finds installed TV apps, remembers where you were, and keeps favorites, recent apps, categories, search and settings on the device.

Remote-first controls

What the current build does.

Every capability below comes from the public product catalog.

01

Selectable Android TV home screen with preview mode

02

Installed apps, favorites, recent rows, categories and search

03

D-pad navigation with remembered row positions

04

On-device settings, diagnostics and safe-mode fallback

Before you start

What you need.

Android TV 6.0 (API 23) or newer
ADB or another sideloading method for the current test build
Physical-device focus behavior is not yet fully verified
No account or cloud service required

Available now

Version 0.1.0

Download the CrackMac launcher to get CrackTV.