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)
uMatrix
uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type (by gorhill)
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| ClearURLs-Addon | uMatrix | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | 68 | |
| 3,902 | 4,134 | |
| 1.3% | - | |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | |
| 5 months ago | over 3 years ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
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.
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Implement URL cleaner
Ever heard of the ClearURLs Browser-Addon. It's also available for Firefox for Android.
- I am now done with Instagram, they are all high AF
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Link Cleaner: Web app for removing unnecessary parameters and other junk from URLs
Don't know why you're being down voted for being cautious? I may not personally get it but it's never bad being cautious. If it does help, ClearURLs is open source so anyone can see the code.
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I have 49 add-ons enabled, how can I switch between a different configuration of addons as needed ? (other than running a private window)
13. ClearURLs 1.26.0 (Disabled) Remove tracking elements from URLs. https://docs.clearurls.xyz
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Cover is now listed as part of the Growth Market in the Tokyo Stock Exchange starting today, March 27th.
But yeah totally agree with you, for other people like me and that don't want to waste time manually editing URLs I can recommend the Open Link With... app on Android and the ClearURLs extension for browsers (Firefox/Chromium)
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Brave – copy clean link feature
For those looking for similar functionality in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, I've been using ClearURLs[0] for several years in Firefox and Firefox on Android. It works well.
0: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon
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Is there any way to set ClearURL extension to save more than 100 logs?
ClearURLs has an official support forum.
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China accused of illegal police stations in Netherlands
You can use the ClearURLs addon. I've been using it for years. It's not perfect, but it automatically removes a lot of tracking stuff. Everyone should be using it actually.
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ClearURLs is there a way to Whitelist or ?
ClearURLs feature request: Turn off/on on specific websites.
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URL stripping?
maybe this https://docs.clearurls.xyz ??
uMatrix
Posts with mentions or reviews of uMatrix.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-03.
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How much ram does your work pc have?
My daily machine is currently at 16GiB, the same as ten years ago. My memory usage is down from five or six years ago, which I attribute mainly to uMatrix script-blocking browser plugin.
- The Mullvad Browser
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Hosts from a different page appearing on the grid
Can be beacon requests from previous page (happen even now in uBO) or this https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Lingering-domain-entries-in-the-matrix
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MySQL for Developers
okay totally on my side: it was uMatrix :) https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Per-scope-switches#r...
- Firefox found a way to keep ad-blockers working with Manifest V3
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What’s going on with Chrome?
uMatrix
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Firefox 108 released
I need Firefox to a) recognize that some of us simply do not WANT to let any random website run code and b) allow me to assign fine-grained permissions Javascript permissions ala Umatrix (https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix).
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Fork of the popular “I don't care about cookies” extension
Check your facts.
This vulnerability has been fixed in uMatrix 1.4.2 [0], released few days after the linked news article.
[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases/tag/1.4.2
- is it possible to wildcard url?
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AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3
To those familiar with the HTML DOM I recommend uMatrix from the same author as uBlock origin. It makes a good companion to uBlock Origin and provides much finer control.
https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ClearURLs-Addon and uMatrix 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.
nuTensor - nuTensor: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
uBlock-issues - This is the community-maintained issue tracker for uBlock Origin
privacybadger - Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
ClearUrls
noscript - The popular NoScript Security Suite browser extension.
Universal-Bypass - Don't waste your time with compliance. Universal Bypass circumvents annoying link shorteners.
focus-ios - ⚠️ Firefox Focus (iOS) has moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
iceraven-browser - Iceraven Browser
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
ClearURLs-Addon vs uBlock
uMatrix vs uBlock
ClearURLs-Addon vs Neat-URL
uMatrix vs nuTensor
ClearURLs-Addon vs uBlock-issues
uMatrix vs privacybadger
ClearURLs-Addon vs ClearUrls
uMatrix vs noscript
ClearURLs-Addon vs Universal-Bypass
uMatrix vs focus-ios
ClearURLs-Addon vs iceraven-browser
uMatrix vs Pi-hole