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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to NextDNS

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

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to NextDNS are Pi-hole, Blokada, and uBlock Origin. 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. Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

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

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

  3. 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

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

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

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

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

  12. ProtonVPN is a security focused FREE VPN service, developed by CERN and MIT scientists. Use the web anonymously, unblock websites & encrypt your connection.
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    • Open Source

    #VPN #Cloud VPN #Security 310 social mentions

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  1. Stan Bright avatar
    Stan Bright
    · 11 months ago
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    NextDNS is a great (and free) DNS service that makes sure that all Ads and Tracking services are being directed to a "black hole". i.e. you install it and you forget about seeing any ads. It's super unobtrusive and as a bonus it improves your privacy online.