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AdBlock

Ad blocker for Chrome, Safari and Opera on desktop and Safari for iOS devices.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to AdBlock

uBlock Origin Blokada NextDNS AdAway Pi-hole BLOCK THIS! Privacy Badger Bromite SponsorBlock Hush Nag Blocker

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to AdBlock are uBlock Origin, Blokada, and NextDNS. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Popular and efficient blocker for Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Thunderbird.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 3 social mentions

  2. The best ad blocker for Android. Free and open source.
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    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 236 social mentions

  3. Block ads, trackers and malicious websites on all your devices.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Threat Detection And Prevention #Ad Blockers 499 social mentions

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    An ad blocker that uses the hosts file. For Android, requires root.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 73 social mentions

  5. Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1185 social mentions

  6. Block This 3.0 is a FREE and Open Source ad blocker for Android that works in all apps and browsers!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Tool #Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools 22 social mentions

  7. Privacy Badger blocks spying ads and invisible trackers. How is Privacy Badger different from Disconnect, Adblock Plus, Ghostery, and other blocking extensions?
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Privacy 84 social mentions

  8. Bromite is Chromium plus ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Tool #Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools 4 social mentions

  9. SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 360 social mentions

  10. Hush Nag Blocker is an app for iOS that blocks ads and tracks cookies on your Safari browser.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #OS & Utilities #Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools 6 social mentions

  11. 2B+ Android users deserve access to a safer and open Internet.
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    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools #Ad Blockers 21 social mentions

  12. a DNS proxy over local VPN for filtering ads and other unwished hosts based on a host list.
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    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Monitoring Tools

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