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uMatrix

uMatrix: A point-and-click matrix-based firewall, with many privacy-enhancing tools.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to uMatrix

uBlock Origin Privacy Badger NoScript NextDNS Blokada AdAway ScriptSafe Disconnect SponsorBlock Pi-hole

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to uMatrix are uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and NoScript. 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. 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

  3. NoScript for Firefox pre-emptively blocks malicious scripts and allows JavaScript, Java and other potentially dangerous content only from sites you trust. Download it now for free! - what is it?
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Privacy 53 social mentions

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

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

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

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

  6. 6
    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

  7. A simple extension that brings some of ...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Privacy

  8. Make the web faster, more private, and more secure. Disconnect lets you visualize and block the invisible sites that track your search and browsing history.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Privacy 7 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. 10
    Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

  11. Diladele Web Safety is the name of a simple, easy to use and powerful web filter for all kind of activities over the internet.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Perimeter Security And Firewalls

  12. Technitium DNS Server is an open source tool that can be used for self hosting a local DNS server for privacy & security or, used for testing by developers on their computer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 30 social mentions

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