WinRice vs CleanWin

WinRice

WinRice makes setting up a new Windows device a child's play. Lay back and relax while it does some of the most common things that people usually do to setup a brand new device. It's all automatic. ✨ (by pratyakshm)

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CleanWin

WinRice is a tool that uses automation to setup your Windows devices. [Moved to: https://github.com/pratyakshm/WinRice] (by pratyakshm)

Windows powershell-script Powershell CLI Privacy Automation Setup windows-10 windows-11 winrice

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WinRice		CleanWin
	Project
4	Mentions	1
320	Stars	170
-	Growth	-
5.8	Activity	10.0
3 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
PowerShell	Language	PowerShell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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WinRice

Posts with mentions or reviews of WinRice. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-12.

No means no Microsoft!
10 projects | /r/pcmasterrace | 12 Mar 2023

I suggest you to look into this project which is actively updated.
New Laptop, need help setting up.
1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 4 Oct 2022

Also use winrice to setup initial OS, that disables what's unnecessary (telemetry and stuff) and installs useful apps like HEVC extensions and Nanazip.
LTSC 2021 Catch-All
2 projects | /r/Windows10LTSC | 20 Nov 2021

WinRice is a great tool, it debloats without breaking any functionality.
CMD/PS/REGEDIT? Uninstalling bloatware quickly
2 projects | /r/windows | 21 Oct 2021

Checkout https://github.com/pratyakshm/WinRice, it's by a friend of mine, it works perfectly on windows 11 and 10.

CleanWin

Posts with mentions or reviews of CleanWin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-17.

Is there a (win10) de-bloater that you guys trust?
2 projects | /r/pcgaming | 17 Nov 2021

https://github.com/pratyakshm/CleanWin you're welcome.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing WinRice and CleanWin you can also consider the following projects:

windows-11-debloat - Script to optimize your installation of Windows 11.

BlackViperScript - Sets Win 10 Services based on Black Viper's Service Configurations

Windows-screenFetch - Powershell port of bash/unix screenfetch.

FireFox-Privacy-Script - Implement the privacy oriented configurations for FireFox

W1nDro1d - A simple tool to manage Windows 11's Subsystem for Android "manually", install APK and XAPK, toggle fullscreen, list installed Android Apps, among other things

Sophia-Script-for-Windows - :zap: The most powerful PowerShell module on GitHub for fine-tuning Windows 10 & Windows 11

Windows-10-Setup-Script - :zap: A powerful PowerShell module for fine-tuning and tweaking Windows 10 [Moved to: https://github.com/farag2/Windows-10-Sophia-Script]

PowerGPT - Do anything in Windows PowerShell using natural language

Windows-Optimize-Harden-Debloat - Enhance the security and privacy of your Windows 10 and Windows 11 deployments with our fully optimized, hardened, and debloated script. Adhere to industry best practices and Department of Defense STIG/SRG requirements for optimal performance and security.

Force-Windows-11-Install - Modifies Windows 11 installation ISO to bypass compatibility checks both pre and post installation

HPIA-Repository-Downloader - The script is designed to create and maintain HP Image Assistant offline repositories with a GUI interface, and to update the repository with scripted runtime options

chrupd - Simple Chromium Updater