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The 14-day Windows trial is in preparation. Linux 0.1.0 is a beta and is not published yet; macOS is in progress.
Launch detailsWhen you would use it
Three kinds of network, three sets of problems. Pick the one that looks most like yours.
For a home network one person looks after, where a phone, a console and a work laptop all want the same connection at once.
Pause the internet on one tablet for an hour, or block YouTube and Discord on it while the rest of the house carries on.
Take a single console or TV offline for the evening, then give it back in a click when you are ready.
Apply a preset for Instagram, Snapchat or Messenger on the laptop you are working from, and leave every other device alone.
Cap the device that is downloading in the background so it stops competing with your video call.
See which device is using the connection right now, before anyone has to argue about whose fault it is.
Every limit and every block lands on the device you chose. Nothing you set here changes the connection for anybody else.
For a small office, shop or workshop network — on the computers and equipment your organisation owns and administers.
Block streaming and social services on a shared workstation while the doors are open, then remove the rule at closing time.
Find out which device is taking the line before you call the provider, instead of guessing at it.
There is no priority queue here: you cap the device running the big download, and the booking system, the card terminal or the video call gets the room back.
See what has joined, give it a name you will recognise next time, and cap it if it settles in for the afternoon.
It runs from an ordinary Windows computer on the same network. Nothing is configured on the router, and nothing is left behind on it.
A ten-minute chart of total traffic, so when you move a device or change a setting you can see whether it actually helped.
For whoever in the building gets asked why the Wi-Fi is slow: the whole device list, live rates and per-device rules in one window.
Start control and the list fills in — every device on the same IPv4 network, under whatever name it publishes over DHCP, DNS, NetBIOS or mDNS.
A device that will not stop talking gets paused while you work out what it is, then handed straight back.
Separate download and upload ceilings per device, in KB/s, applied live — and reapplied next session if you save them.
Which destinations it keeps reaching, when and how often, from DNS lookups and visible TLS names. Nothing inside an encrypted connection is opened.
Six people on one line, or a workshop behind a single access point: a rule lands on the device you picked and nowhere else.
Stop & Restore Network puts the network’s normal mappings back. Nothing was written to the router, so there is nothing to unpick by hand.
Every one of these is one of the capabilities below, used on a single device. See them in the interface.
Router-independent
Those are the names people search for when they want per-device visibility and control on a network they are already connected to. That is the need YTS Control is built for, as a current desktop application for Windows and Linux. It works from your own machine with no router password, and it does not decrypt HTTPS.
SelfishNet, EvilLimiter and NetCut are separate projects and products, named here only to describe the kind of task YTS Control performs. There is no affiliation, endorsement or feature-by-feature comparison implied, and no claim is made about their current behaviour.
Control works from the machine you already use on the network. There is no administration dashboard to sign in to, and no firmware setting to change.
A maintained desktop application with a stable Windows release and a Linux public beta, rather than an unmaintained utility from an older era of Windows.
Limits, pauses and domain rules target the device you select. The rest of the network carries on unchanged.
Runs entirely from your own machine. You never sign in to the router’s administration dashboard.
Destination-domain metadata is observed where available. Page contents and messages stay encrypted.
Limits and pauses target one device at a time rather than throttling the whole network.
Aliases, limits and domain rules are written to a settings file on your own computer.
Stop & Restore Network returns the network’s normal mappings when you finish, and it keeps working after a trial expires. Recovering the network is never behind a licence.
Remote update checks are disabled in this release, and this website sets no tracking cookies.
What you can do
Six things YTS Control is for, each shown in the interface that does it. How each one works is one click away in the panel.
Discovery
See the phones, tablets, laptops, consoles and TVs sharing your connection — including anything you were not expecting. Most arrive with a recognisable name rather than a bare address, so you can tell whose device is whose.
Live bandwidth
When a video call stutters or a download crawls, the device responsible is on the screen instead of a guess. Upload and download speeds update for every device at once, next to a chart of the whole connection.
Speed limits
Cap one device’s download and upload speed and leave everyone else at full speed. The phone updating in the background stops competing with the work call, without anybody being cut off.
Internet controls
Stop one device reaching the internet for as long as you need, then give it back in a click. Homework, dinner, a deadline — everything else on the network carries on as normal.
Domain activity
Useful for a spot check — whether a tablet was on social media during homework, or whether a smart device is talking to somewhere unexpected. This is destination metadata only: the contents of encrypted connections are never read.
Domain rules
Apply a ready-made preset for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Discord or Messenger in a single step, or add a domain of your own. The rule applies to the device you picked and nothing else.
Capabilities
Everything YTS Control does today, in plain terms. The technical detail behind each one is one click away, and anything not on this list is not in this release.
Every phone, tablet, laptop, console and TV on your network, listed with a name you recognise rather than a bare address.
Live upload and download speeds for every device, so a slow connection has an obvious cause instead of a suspect.
Slow down the device that is taking the whole connection, and leave everyone else at full speed.
Stop one device reaching the internet during homework, dinner or a work call, then hand it straight back.
Which services a device reached, when it last did so and how often — without reading anything inside an encrypted connection.
Presets for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Discord and Messenger, or any domain you add yourself — applied to the device you choose, not the whole household.
The names you give devices, and the limits and rules you set, are still there the next time you open it.
One button hands the network back as you found it, and nothing is written to your router at any point.
How it works
Control is something you switch on and off deliberately. Nothing is left configured on your router when you stop.
Select the network adapter connected to the network you intend to manage. YTS Control shows its local address and gateway so you can confirm the right one.
Begin control and let discovery run. Devices on the same IPv4 network appear in the list with the names the network publishes.
Watch live per-device speeds, then set download and upload limits, pause a connection or add a domain rule as needed.
When you have finished, select Stop & Restore Network. This puts the network’s normal mappings back before you disconnect or shut down.
Downloads
One installer serves the trial and the licensed application. Windows is the stable commercial platform; the requirements below decide whether YTS Control can work on your network, so read them before anything else.
Stable commercial platform · 14-day full-feature trial
The full desktop application, tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11. The same installer serves the trial and, once activated, a licensed installation.
Architecture: x64
Guided setup with shortcuts and a clean uninstall entry.
No installer. Extract the archive in full, then run the application.
Commercial trial build in preparation. It is not published yet, so there is nothing to download from this page and no version, size or checksum to publish. The requirements above are final.
An AppImage build for testing. Linux Mint and Ubuntu are the primary tested systems.
Architecture: x86-64
Single-file build. Mark it executable, then run it.
The Linux AppImage is not published yet, so there is no download here. Linux remains a beta: no stable Linux availability is promised, and buying a licence does not come with a Linux release date.
Work in progress
A macOS build is in progress. There is no download and no release date to announce.
There is nothing to download, no availability date to announce, and no purchase includes macOS support.
Every published download is listed with its filename, byte size and SHA-256 value, and with a separate checksum file where one is published, so you can confirm a file is the file that was released before you install it. The commands for doing that on Windows and Linux are under “Verify your download” below.
Npcap provides the packet capture and injection support that YTS Control builds on. It is developed and distributed separately, so you install it yourself before starting network control. Enabling WinPcap API-compatible mode during Npcap setup is recommended.
YTS Control does not include or redistribute Npcap.
MSI installer: Guided setup with shortcuts and a clean uninstall entry. Administrator access is required to install, and again to run network control. If you would rather not install anything, see the portable edition below.
Start YTS Control with administrator access, select the adapter connected to the network you mean to manage, then start network control. The four steps are described above.
Compare the checksum printed by your own system with the SHA-256 value published next to the file. If the two strings differ, delete the download and fetch it again.
certutil -hashfile FILENAME SHA256sha256sum YTS-Control-v0.1.0-x86_64.AppImageReplace FILENAME with the name of the file you downloaded. The exact filename is published with the release rather than guessed here.
Portable package: No installer. Extract the archive in full, then run the application. There is no installer involved, but the ZIP archive must be extracted in full before running the application — running it from inside the compressed archive will not work.
Administrator access and Npcap are still required, and the portable edition creates no uninstall entry: you remove it by deleting the extracted folder.
Check that you selected the adapter connected to the network you mean to manage, that the devices are on the same IPv4 network rather than behind another router, and that YTS Control is running with administrator access. Guest networks and client isolation can also block discovery entirely. Once those are confirmed, run discovery again.
Select Stop & Restore Network, which puts the network’s normal mappings back. If a device is still affected, reconnecting its Wi-Fi, or disabling and re-enabling the adapter involved, clears the stale state.
Often not. Guest networks commonly enable client isolation, which prevents devices seeing one another and stops discovery working. This is a property of the network, not something the application can work around.
More questions are answered in the frequently asked questions, and the compatibility list states what can prevent control working at all.
Mark the AppImage executable, then run it. On the first launch a graphical Polkit prompt asks for authorisation once, copies the protected payload to a protected system directory outside your home folder, and grants only the CAP_NET_RAW and CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities needed for packet work. The interface itself continues to run as your normal user.
chmod +x YTS-Control-v0.1.0-x86_64.AppImage./YTS-Control-v0.1.0-x86_64.AppImageAPPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 ./YTS-Control-v0.1.0-x86_64.AppImageLinux Mint and Ubuntu are the primary tested distributions. Other x86-64 desktops may work but have not been verified. The Linux build remains a beta, and buying a Personal licence does not come with a Linux release date.
Screenshots
Unmodified captures from the current release, with hardware addresses blurred. Nothing here is a mockup.
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Technical details
What YTS Control needs from your network, what domain activity can and cannot show, where your configuration is stored, and what this release cannot do. Stated up front so you can tell before downloading whether it fits your setup.
Control depends on sharing a network segment with the devices you want to manage.
YTS Control observes destination-domain metadata where the network exposes it. It does not decrypt HTTPS, and it cannot read searches, messages, private page contents or encrypted payloads. Domain blocking is best effort.
Domain blocking is best effort. It acts on the signals a network exposes, so a device using a VPN, encrypted DNS, TLS Encrypted Client Hello or a connection that is already open can continue to reach a blocked destination. YTS Control does not decrypt HTTPS, and it cannot read searches, messages, passwords or private page contents.
Device identities, aliases, speed limits and domain rules are written to a settings file on the computer running YTS Control. Nothing is uploaded.
A per-user application-data folder inside your user profile.
A per-user data folder inside your home directory.
A backup copy named settings.backup.json is kept alongside the main file, which reduces the chance of losing your configuration to an interrupted write or a temporary file lock.
This page exists to describe the application and let you download it. It carries no measurement of any kind.
Download links point to the public releases repository, so GitHub receives the request when you download a file. Read the privacy note for the detail.
Some networks and adapters are outside what this release can manage. These are real limits, not edge cases.
Domain observation and domain rules both depend on signals the network exposes. Any of these can defeat them.
Always select Stop & Restore Network before closing YTS Control, changing networks, disconnecting the selected adapter, suspending, rebooting or shutting down while network control is active.
Use YTS Control only on networks and devices that you own or are authorised to administer.
Questions
The trial, the licence and the technical limits, without the marketing.
Nothing here promises behaviour the application does not have yet. Where a commercial detail is still being settled, the answer says so instead of guessing.
All features are available during the 14-day trial. Device discovery, live bandwidth monitoring, per-device speed limits, internet pause and domain rules are all included, and the trial is the same installer a licensed user runs.
This is not settled yet, so no claim is made here. Whether the trial asks for a payment card will be stated on this page before the trial-enabled release is published.
The application remains accessible for activation and network restoration, but starting new network-control sessions requires a valid licence.
No. Stop & Restore Network remains available, and trial expiry does not leave a managed device redirected or disconnected. Restoring the network is never behind a licence.
That is what the 14-day trial is for: the full feature set runs on your own network before any payment. Read the compatibility limits first — guest Wi-Fi, client isolation, a second router or an uncooperative Wi-Fi driver can all prevent control, and none of those can be worked around from the application. If something behaves unexpectedly, contact the developer.
No. The Personal licence is a one-time purchase.
No. The price is the same everywhere: US$49.99 once, in US dollars. Where a reference exchange rate is available, the pricing card can also show approximately what that comes to in a local currency — that is a conversion of the same price, not a regional discount or a country-based price. The region and currency shown on the pricing card can be changed by hand, and that choice affects the display only.
The payment provider has not been selected yet, so this page makes no claim about it. Any local amount shown beside the price is an estimate converted at the latest reference exchange rate; the checkout is what confirms the actual currency, exchange rate, taxes and charged amount.
An activated licence allows continued use of eligible YTS Control 1.x versions without recurring payment.
A Personal licence supports up to 3 personally owned computers.
All version 1.x updates are included.
Future major releases such as YTS Control 2.0 may be offered as paid upgrades.
No. The same trial-enabled application becomes licensed after activation. Purchasing does not provide a different executable.
The deactivation and transfer process will be documented before launch. No self-service transfer is claimed until the licensing system genuinely supports it.
Windows is the stable commercial platform. Linux remains a beta and is not published yet, so buying a licence does not come with a stable Linux release or a date for one.
Not yet. A macOS build is in progress. There is no download, no release date, and no purchase that includes macOS support.
Licence activation is part of the commercial release and is not implemented in the currently published application. The exact place in the interface will be documented here when the trial-enabled release ships.
No. YTS Control runs on your own computer and works from the network it is already connected to. You do not need the router’s administration password, and no configuration is written to the router.
No. HTTPS is not decrypted. YTS Control observes destination-domain metadata where the network exposes it — DNS names, TLS server names and HTTP hosts. Page contents, searches, messages and passwords remain encrypted and are not readable.
Npcap provides the packet capture and injection support on Windows that YTS Control builds on. It is developed and distributed separately, so you install it yourself from npcap.com. Enabling WinPcap API-compatible mode during Npcap setup is recommended. YTS Control does not include or redistribute Npcap.
No. YTS Control is proprietary commercial software. Third-party components remain subject to their respective licence terms and notices included with the application distribution. Maintained by ruffangeles and distributed as compiled binaries and installers. No source archive is published on this site.
Check that you selected the adapter connected to the network you mean to manage, that the devices are on the same IPv4 network rather than behind another router, and that YTS Control is running with administrator access. Guest networks and client isolation can also block discovery entirely. Once those are confirmed, run discovery again.
Select Stop & Restore Network, which puts the network’s normal mappings back. If a device is still affected, reconnecting its Wi-Fi, or disabling and re-enabling the adapter involved, clears the stale state.
IPv6 traffic is not controlled in the current release. Discovery and control operate on IPv4.
Often not. Guest networks commonly enable client isolation, which prevents devices seeing one another and stops discovery working. This is a property of the network, not something the application can work around.
No installer is involved, but the ZIP archive must be extracted in full before running the application. Running it from inside the compressed archive will not work. Administrator access and Npcap are still required.
The Linux build is newer and has been tested across fewer systems. Linux Mint and Ubuntu are the primary tested distributions. Expect rough edges compared with the Windows release, and note that it is not published yet.
YTS Control stores settings and licensing information in the current user’s local application-data directory. On Windows that is a per-user application-data folder inside your user profile; on Linux, a per-user data folder inside your home directory. A settings.backup.json file is kept alongside the main file to reduce the chance of losing your configuration to an interrupted write or a temporary file lock.
No. Automatic remote update checks are currently disabled, which the Preferences page states directly. The downloads section of this site states the current release status, so check there when you want to know whether a newer version exists.
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YTS Control shows live upload and download speeds for each device on your local network, then lets you cap one, pause its internet access or apply domain rules to it — from the computer you are already using.
No router login. No firmware changes. No router administration access.
A current, router-independent alternative to SelfishNet, EvilLimiter and NetCut, built for Windows and for the kind of network one person looks after.
Founding Edition — US$49.99 — one payment for a perpetual Personal licence. The trial download and the checkout both open at launch.
The trial-enabled release is still being prepared, so there is nothing to download from this site yet. There is no mailing list, no signup form and nothing to subscribe to — just an email address, read by the developer. View pricing and licence details
Windows 10 and Windows 11, x64. Administrator access and a separate Npcap (opens in a new tab) installation are required, because control works by capturing and injecting packets on your own network adapter rather than by configuring your router. Linux 0.1.0 is a beta and is not published yet. macOS is in progress.
The dashboard with network control active, showing the live traffic chart and the Stop & Restore Network button. Hardware addresses in every screenshot are blurred.
Pricing
Try every feature for 14 days. If it works on your network, a single Personal licence covers up to 3 of your own computers, with no recurring payment.
Founding Edition
Founding price. The planned price after the Founding Edition is US$99.99 US dollar— planned rather than promised, and neither amount has been charged yet, because sales have not opened.
International — US dollar pricing. US$49.99 US dollar one-time, against a planned post-Founding-Edition price of US$99.99 US dollar.
Purchasing is not open yet. The trial-enabled build is still in preparation and is not published, so there is nothing to download yet. The prices and terms on this card are the intended launch terms. Want to know when the trial launches? Ask to be notified at launch.
One installer serves the trial and the licensed application. Buying does not give you a different download.
Install the public trial-enabled Windows release. One installer serves the trial and, later, a licensed installation.
Test device discovery, bandwidth monitoring, speed limits, internet controls and domain rules on your own network. Nothing is held back.
Buy YTS Control once for US$49.99 during the Founding Edition launch. There is no subscription and no recurring charge.
Enter the issued licence key. No separate full-version download is required, and your existing settings stay where they are.
Use every feature for 14 days, then purchase a perpetual Personal licence if YTS Control works for your setup.
Want to know when the trial launches?
Founding Edition — US$49.99 — the launch price, paid once.
The trial-enabled Windows release is in preparation, and purchasing is not open yet. There is no mailing list, no signup form and nothing to subscribe to — just an email address, read by the developer. See the launch terms
YTS Control is proprietary commercial software, distributed as compiled binaries and installers only. Source archives are not published on this site. Read the full licensing note.
Written and maintained by one developer, ruffangeles, who reads the published addresses personally. About the developer.
A perpetual Personal licence lets you continue using eligible YTS Control 1.x versions without recurring payments.
Taxes may be added or included at checkout depending on your location.
Need commercial, organisational or volume licensing? Contact the developer. Full terms are on the licensing page.