winforge

Single-binary Windows 10/11 tweak and debloat tool. One static Rust exe — PowerShell scripts, app catalogs, wallpaper asset and the activation payload are embedded at compile time. No runtime dependencies beyond Windows itself. Floor: Windows 10 1809.

What it does

• 12 packs / 143 tweaks / ~500 actions: registry, services, scheduled tasks, AppX removal, file ops, command execution
• Every non-oneway tweak ships stock-value resets — apply and revert are both first-class paths
• Per-tweak state detection: A applied, D default, M mixed, U unknown, X absent

TUI

Run the exe (auto-elevates via UAC). Checkbox interface:

• h/l/Tab switch panes, j/k move, space toggle, a/A select category/all, x/X clear
• 1/2/3 apply the min/std/max preset to the selection
• enter apply, u undo, c clear everything, q quit
• Apps pane installs selected software through winget; activate pane runs the bundled MAS in its own window
• Bottom pane streams a live log of everything the tool runs

CLI

For scripted/VM use without the TUI:

winforge --list
winforge --preset std --apply --yes
winforge --select privacy:all --select ceip --reset --yes
winforge --dump state.json

--select takes tweak ids, pack:all, or all. --preset min|std|max expands to its tweak set. --yes skips confirmation. The exe relaunches itself elevated, preserving the argument list.

Presets

preset	scope
min	privacy, background noise, update control
std	min + performance, power plan, explorer QoL
max	std + aggressive tweaks (defender suspend, smartscreen, pagefile, search indexing)

Personal/one-shot tweaks (theme, accent, wallpaper, WSL/SSH setup) and irreversible AppX removals are never part of a preset.

Repository layout

• packs/ — tweak definitions (TOML), validated at build time by build.rs
• apps/ — winget app catalog (TOML)
• scripts/ — PowerShell helpers embedded into the exe
• src/ — the tool: engine, TUI, CLI, winget, activation
• mas/ — payload, embedded verbatim

Build

cargo build --release

Targets x86_64-pc-windows-gnu with static CRT (.cargo/config.toml); the result is a fully self-contained exe.

Credits

Activation is the unmodified MAS script by massgravel, embedded and launched as-is.