I'm an open-source contributor focused on building small, practical tools that make everyday digital life a little clearer, safer, and more user-friendly.

I care about software that is easy to understand, easy to run, and useful beyond a narrow technical audience. My goal is to create projects that invite contribution, document decisions clearly, and stay honest about what they do and do not do.

Clean Link Kit is a privacy-friendly open-source toolkit for cleaning tracking parameters from URLs before sharing them.

It includes:

• a reusable TypeScript core package
• a browser-only React web app
• a Chrome extension
• GitHub Pages deployment
• tests, documentation, issues, releases, and contributor workflows

The project is built around a simple idea: useful privacy tools do not always need to be large, complex, or hidden behind accounts and servers. Some tools should stay local, transparent, and easy for people to trust.

Try it here: zvi100.github.io/clean-link-kit

• Clear and practical documentation
• Small issues that help new contributors get started
• Thoughtful defaults, especially around privacy
• Maintained tests and automated checks
• Respectful reviews and steady improvement
• Projects that solve real problems without becoming unnecessarily complicated

I'm currently improving Clean Link Kit by:

• expanding high-confidence URL cleaning rules
• improving the browser extension experience
• strengthening tests and release workflows
• making the project easier for new contributors to understand

I believe open source is not only about publishing code. It is about creating a place where ideas can become useful public tools, where people can learn by contributing, and where software can be maintained with care over time.

Good open-source projects should feel approachable, transparent, and alive.