ClearURLs-Addon VS Rules

Compare ClearURLs-Addon vs Rules and see what are their differences.

ClearURLs-Addon

ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy. (by ClearURLs)

Rules

Rules database of the ClearURLs WebExtension. (by ClearURLs)
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ClearURLs-Addon Rules
64 3
3,902 122
1.3% 4.9%
3.5 6.8
5 months ago 15 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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ClearURLs-Addon

Posts with mentions or reviews of ClearURLs-Addon. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-06.

Rules

Posts with mentions or reviews of Rules. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-05.
  • Report: YouTube adding individualized ID tag to links shared off-platform
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Dec 2023
    ClearURLs implemented the rule to remove the si attribute on November 5th[1].

    I think a better approach though is to whitelist allowed attributes rather than blacklist disallowed attributes. For example, if you get a URL starting "https://www.youtube.com/watch?" then the only allowed attributes are v, t, etc and everything else would be stripped.

    [1] https://github.com/ClearURLs/Rules/commit/f4d52da5902640d4d0...

  • ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 May 2021
    I like this idea. I've been using a bit of Ruby wrapped into my shell to remove Facebook's tracking from links[1] but it's nice to have so many in one place that we all can contribute to.

    It seems the interesting bit (for me) is in the Rules[2] repo.

    [1] https://gist.github.com/yb66/d39109df620ab1db2a46c943111c31d...

    [2] https://github.com/ClearURLs/Rules

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ClearURLs-Addon and Rules you can also consider the following projects:

uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

Neat-URL - Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as Google Analytics' utm parameters.

Universal-Bypass - Don't waste your time with compliance. Universal Bypass circumvents annoying link shorteners.

uBlock-issues - This is the community-maintained issue tracker for uBlock Origin

ClearUrls

AdguardBrowserExtension - AdGuard browser extension

promnesia - Another piece of your extended mind

iceraven-browser - Iceraven Browser

FilterLists - :shield: The independent, comprehensive directory of filter and host lists for advertisements, trackers, malware, and annoyances.