New ideaConsumer Networking
Clean Your Router (new GitHub repo, working…
A new HBV-owned GitHub repo that repeats cleanyourtv's winning template for the other device every home has: a PROMPT.md that lets any coding assistant audit and tune your ISP router over the LAN (default passwords, remote admin, UPnP, DNS, guest Wi-Fi) with per-ISP profiles contributed by the community.
Working title: Clean Your Router (new GitHub repo, working name)
Summary
BriefingHypothesisEstimate
cleanyourtv hit 14,989 stars in 4 days with a simple recipe: a PROMPT.md that makes a coding assistant do a consumer job, plus crowd-contributed per-model lists that keep the repo growing. The router is the next device everyone owns and nobody configures. Small repos exist (home-router-tune, 0 stars, Brazilian ISP playbooks; netcheck, 3 stars) but none has distribution; the gap is packaging, branding and virality, not code.…
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HBV launches a repo on GitHub (cesarx2) as a reputation platform for Cesar and monetises derivatives: a hosted web 'Wi-Fi checkup', sponsor slots and per-ISP pages. Traction estimates are Hypothesis.
Description
Repo concept: 'clean-your-router' with PROMPT.md, read-only first scan, gated change plan, one-line restore, and examples/<isp-model>/ playbooks (Vivo, Claro, TIM, Telmex, TP-Link, Fritz!Box, Xfinity and more) contributed by users, exactly like the TV lists. Viral hook: 'Your ISP router is spying on you / has remote ad…
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min on; fix it in 10 minutes with the AI you already use', with before/after screenshots and a 'router score' badge people post. Audience: everyone with home internet, not only developers; contributor flywheel from per-model PRs. Monetisation path (derivatives): (1) hosted 'Router Checkup' web tool that guides the same steps with a score and share card (free + $3/month monitoring), (2) sponsor slots for DNS/VPN/mesh vendors priced with traffic (TrustMRR mechanic), (3) per-ISP SEO pages in PT-BR/ES/EN, (4) paid newsletter on home-network privacy. Build effort: about 1-2 agent-weeks for repo, prompt, scoring script and 10 playbooks. Proposed licence: MIT (maximises adoption, allows hosted derivatives by us). Global Application: any country, ISP-specific playbooks by community. LatAm Version: Brazil (Vivo/Claro/TIM modems, Intelbras) and Mexico (Telmex) first; PT-BR/ES README.
Target customer
Home-internet users with ISP routers in Brazil, Mexico and global markets who already use a coding assistant
Pain
Cryptic ISP admin panels, default settings and no easy way to audit or undo changes
Why this score
Why it scored lower: Virality and router-change liability
MoatHypothesis
Reputation + playbook corpus. First mover on the router template, contributor-driven playbooks and the brand of the repo. Reproducible by others; moat is community and speed. Status: Hypothesis.
Demand signals
X posts (7 days)
n/a
Signal trend
n/a
Web demandVerified
cleanyourtv template: 14,989 stars in 4 days (Verified); router audit repos exist with near-zero stars (Verified).
Market and competitors
TAMHypothesisEstimate
$2B (Hypothesis) — Global consumer network-privacy and home-network tooling spend. Method: Hypothesis; not sourced. Sources: Hark estimate (Hypothesis).
SAMHypothesisEstimate
$40M (Hypothesis) — Home-network checkup subscriptions and sponsorship for EN/PT/ES audiences. Method: Hypothesis from audience x conversion assumptions. Sources: Hark estimate (Hypothesis).
SOMHypothesisEstimate
$36K ARR (Hypothesis) — 12 months after a successful repo. Method: ~1,000 monitoring payers x $3/month + 2 sponsors. Conditional on repo traction. Sources: Hark estimate (Hypothesis).
Competitors
home-router-tune, netcheck, home-security-checker, manual hardening guides, vendor apps
Business model
Monetization
Open-core: MIT repo; hosted checkup subscription, sponsor slots, per-ISP SEO pages, paid newsletter
Revenue hypothesis (monthly)Hypothesis
Base ~$1.5K/month, conservative ~$0-200/month at 12 months (Hypothesis).
Jobs to be done
When my ISP router is full of default settings I do not understand, I want to let my AI assistant audit and fix it safely with an undo, so I can keep my home network private without becoming a network engineer.
HXC
Thiago · 38 · Campinas: Homeowner with a Vivo router, a few smart devices and a coding assistant he uses for work. Frustration & buying signal: Frustrated that the ISP admin panel is cryptic; would run a safe, undoable prompt and pay for monitoring.
Build and go-to-market
Tech stack
Cursor + Vercel + GitHub cesarx2 (one repo); Supabase; Stripe
GTM channels
HN/Reddit/dev.to launch with faceless assets, README GIFs, contributor PRs, per-ISP SEO/GEO pages; no founder on camera, no paid ads
Risks
Main risk
Virality and router-change liability
All risks
Value Risk: Attention — Hook may not go viral; users may not feel the pain. Next: Test README hook on HN/Reddit. | Usability Risk: Attention — Non-technical users need a coding assistant and LAN access. Next: Hosted checkup as the friendly layer. | Feasibility Risk: Attention — Per-model admin panels differ; bricking risk.…
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Next: Read-only first, gated changes, restore. | Viability Risk: Elevated — Liability and ISP terms; weak monetisation until traction. Next: Disclaimers, read-only default, sponsor/newsletter first.
Next validation step
Prototype repo + README hook; post for feedback on HN/Reddit; collect first 5 ISP playbooks
Sources
- api.github.com https://misryoum.com/developers-and-consumers-use-ai-agents-to-strip-ads-and-bloatware-from-smart-tvs https://github.com/igornumeriano/home-router-tune https://github.com/r167/netcheck https://github.com/home-security-checker/home-security-checker
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