Open-source (Apache-2.0) Windows 10/11 maintenance suite in C#/.NET by Andrea Frolli (GitHub sh1zen, reddit cl0wnfire), a Turin developer who maintains the WP-Optimizer WordPress plugin since 2021. Combines app uninstall with leftover review, junk cleaner (temp files, caches, broken shortcuts, event logs), browser-cache and privacy-trace cleaning, registry cleanup with whole-hive backups, privacy/gaming/power/desktop tweaks, security review, driver inspection/removal, startup and process control, hardware-monitor widgets, and Windows install-media prep. Safety posture is unusually engineered for the genre: Test mode previews settings before applying, every residue cleanup requires a verified backup, protected-resource rules cover active/shared/locked/restart-deferred files, seven-day default file-age protection, per-operation elevation only. Distributed as a 63 MB unsigned Inno Setup installer (regular or portable) built and published by a tag-triggered GitHub Actions workflow; also offers a PowerShell irm|iex one-liner. Public repo created 2026-10-20 with squashed history (3 commits) - author admits a private repo with more history predates it. Author mass-deleted his entire reddit history about a week after the r/pcmasterrace launch.
C# on .NET with Windows App SDK ('x64 - .NET and Windows App SDK runtimes included' per README); PowerShell and small Python helpers; Inno Setup installer; LibreHardwareMonitor + PawnIO driver for low-level sensors (README); GitHub languages: 96% C#, plus PowerShell/Python/Inno Setup
Solo developer Andrea Frolli (GitHub sh1zen, reddit cl0wnfire), Turin. CalVer-style tags: v26.10.21 (2026-10-21) and v26.10.27 (2026-10-27), both published via the release.yml GitHub Actions workflow. Still maintains WP-Optimizer and a set of Rust libraries in parallel.
Free and open source; no paid tier, account, or telemetry prompt observed
Launched
first observed promotion on 2026-10-22; all launch posts were self-deleted within a week (recoverable via arctic-shift)
Repo created
GitHub stars
2 (as of 2026-10-31)
First release
Last seen alive
Checks
Mechanical checks derived from the fields above. Each row is one fact; "not yet checked" means exactly that, not a failure. There is no composite score; read them together.
Reddit history wipe about a week post-launch: all four launch posts now show [deleted] and the whole account listing is empty while the account, karma and trophies survive - reads as reputation management, not an exit. All content recoverable via arctic-shift.
Reset git history: public repo created 2026-10-20 holds only 3 commits; author admits it was squashed from an older private repo ('it makes the project look newer than it actually is'), so 'a tool I've been using myself for a while' is plausible but unverifiable.
Author-admitted AI assistance during development (see vibe_coded).
Unsigned installer: win-optimizer.Installer.exe (63 MB Inno Setup) carries no Authenticode signature (osslsigncode verify, 2026-10-30). Mitigating: releases are built and published by a tag-triggered GitHub Actions workflow (release.yml, pinned action SHAs), so binaries trace to public CI runs rather than a dev laptop.
irm|iex install path: README offers a PowerShell one-liner piping a raw script from the repo into iex - a pattern worth noting for an unsigned binary, even though it fetches the same release artifact.
Elevated + delete-capable surface: registry cleaning/compaction, driver package removal, kernel driver (PawnIO) for sensors, and in-app auto-update that pulls the latest published release - the risky trifecta; backups and Test mode offset it on paper but are self-asserted.
Established developer, not a throwaway: maintainer is Andrea Frolli (sh1zen), GitHub since 2020-01, WordPress plugin author since 2021, also maintains several Rust crates - unusual for this wave, though the reddit wipe is a bad look.
Earliest promotion found (06:17 UTC). Self-deleted by the author in the account-wide content wipe between 2026-10-22 and 2026-10-30 - the sub's AutoModerator preserves a copy of the text in-thread.
I'm the developer of win-optimizer, an app for Windows 10 and 11 that brings cleanup, customization, and system maintenance tools into one interface. I've been using it myself for a while, and I've now released it publicly. — Intro cliche
The app supports Windows 10/11 x64, with regular and portable installation options. The source code is available on GitHub. — Virtue
It lets you prepare changes to supported settings before applying them. You can also inspect the registry values, scripts, and dependencies behind settings, and review before-and-after values in the change history. App-residue cleanup creates a verified backup before deleting selected items. — Trust signal
I'd appreciate feedback from people using different hardware and Windows configurations. Which tools are useful to you? Is anything confusing or missing? — Engagement hook
Kept as the archived source of the author's two key admissions quoted in vibe_coded and flags (reset private repo, AI assistance), made in its comment thread; self-deleted in the later history wipe. Captured from an arctic-shift pre-deletion snapshot.