Atlas README

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Atlas

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A transparent and lightweight modification to Windows, designed to optimize performance, privacy and usability.

🌐 Website • 📚 Documentation • ☎️ Discord • 💬 Discussions

📚 Important Documentation

🤔 What is Atlas?

AtlasOS, or Atlas, is an open-source project that enhances Windows by conveniently applying privacy, usability, and performance optimizations, all while maintaining functionality and customizability.

👀 Why Atlas?

🔒 Enhanced Privacy

Atlas removes the majority of telemetry embedded within Windows and implements numerous group policies to minimize data collection. However, it cannot ensure privacy outside the scope of Windows, such as browsers and other third-party applications.

📈 Optimized Performance

Atlas strikes a balance between performance and compatibility. It implements numerous meaningful changes to improve Windows performance and responsiveness without breaking essential features. Atlas will not do tweaks for a placebo effect or marginal gains, making Atlas more stable and compatible.

🛡️ Security Features

Most Windows modifications remove key security features most users need to maintain a secure system. On the other hand, Atlas allows users to customize their security at their own risk while informing users about each option's pros and cons.

Some optional security features are:

✅ Increased Usability

Atlas applies many modifications and default settings to make Windows easier to use. This includes removing commonly unneeded applications (which are reinstallable), configuring many aspects of the interface, disabling advertisements, and much more.

🔍 Open Source and Transparent

Unlike custom Windows ISOs, Atlas is more straightforward to audit due to the use of AME Wizard. AME Wizard is controlled by Playbooks, a customizable script-esque system that can perform various tasks.

Playbooks are renamed .zip archives, with the password malte. As they primarily consist of plain text, Playbooks enable transparency, unlike custom Windows ISOs, which have many entry points for malicious activity.

The few binaries in the Playbook are open source in our utilities repository, with the hashes listed here.

Although the GUI is not open source for AME Wizard, AME Wizard's entire backend (called TrustedUninstaller) is open source under MIT, which contains each action used to run Atlas. The Atlas Playbook is open source under the GPLv3 license.

As Atlas doesn't redistribute a modified Windows ISO, it complies with the Microsoft Windows Usage Terms. In addition, Atlas does not alter activation in Windows.

🎨 Brand kit

Want to create your own Atlas wallpaper with some original creative designs? Visit our Branding Kit on Docs and share your creations on our GitHub Discussions!

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这是什么?Atlas 是一个开源的 Windows 修改项目,针对现有系统进行优化,提升性能、隐私和易用性:它会移除遥测、精简系统臃肿组件并应用各种调整——不涉及自定义 ISO 镜像。
这是一个需要重装系统的修改版 Windows ISO,还是应用到我现有系统上的东西?它通过 AME Wizard 应用到你当前的 Windows 上,这是一个由 Playbook(类似脚本的软件包)驱动的工具。出于法律合规和透明度的考虑,这个项目刻意不重新分发修改过的 ISO。
它会不会把 Windows Defender 这类安全功能删掉?不会——这恰恰是它明确宣传的卖点。Defender、SmartScreen、Windows 更新、UAC 和 CPU 缓解措施都会保留;有些功能会变成可选开关,文档会解释每个选项的利弊,你可以自行权衡后决定是否启用。
它真的能阻止微软的遥测数据收集吗?它会移除 Windows 内置的大部分遥测组件,并应用组策略来尽量减少数据收集。至于 Windows 之外的隐私——比如浏览器和第三方应用——明确不在它的处理范围内。
这样修改 Windows 合法吗?会影响系统激活吗?项目方表示这符合微软的使用条款,因为它修改的是你自己的系统,而不是重新分发 Windows,而且它完全不碰激活。Atlas Playbook 采用 GPLv3 许可证;TrustedUninstaller 后端则采用 MIT 许可证。
它真能提升 FPS 吗,还是 Mostly 都是安慰剂式的调整?Atlas 明确反对安慰剂式的调整和微不足道的提升:它只做自己认为有意义的改动,在性能与稳定性和兼容性之间取得平衡。它追求的是系统响应速度和延迟,而不是承诺具体的 FPS 数字。
在日常使用 Windows 时,它会移除或改动哪些东西?常见的没用的预装应用(全部可以重新安装)、广告,以及大量界面默认设置——目标是让 Windows 开箱即用时更清爽、更好用。
为什么它比论坛上找的自定义 Windows ISO 更安全?Playbook 本质上是一个改了扩展名的 .zip,内容大部分是纯文本,所以每一处改动都可以审查;少数附带的二进制文件都是开源的,并公布了哈希值,而且 AME Wizard 的后端(TrustedUninstaller)采用 MIT 许可证。自定义 ISO 则存在大量隐藏入口,可能被用于恶意活动。
AME Wizard 本身开源吗?这套东西要花钱吗?AME Wizard 的图形界面不是开源的,但它的整个后端 TrustedUninstaller 都在 MIT 许可证下开源。所有东西,包括 GPLv3 的 Playbook,都是免费的。
What are similar projects?Winhance, optimizerDuck, FluentTweaker, Win11Debloat, universal-android-debloater, RemoveWindowsAI, winutil, SCSKiller
Which topics is it in?batchfile, latency, pc-gaming, tweaks, windows-tweaker, debloat, opensource, operating-system, optimization, privacy-tools, gaming, customization
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CommitMay 04Release0.5.0-hotfixOct 21
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