Rules VS FilterLists

Compare Rules vs FilterLists and see what are their differences.

Rules

Rules database of the ClearURLs WebExtension. (by ClearURLs)
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Rules FilterLists
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123 1,244
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6.7 9.4
2 days ago 4 days ago
JavaScript C#
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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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

FilterLists

Posts with mentions or reviews of FilterLists. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Rules and FilterLists you can also consider the following projects:

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.

pihole-regex - Custom regex filter list for use with Pi-hole.

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

WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows

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

The Blocklist Project - These lists were created because the founder of the project wanted something with a little more control over what is being blocked. Many lists out there are all or nothing. We set out to create lists with more control over what is being blocked and believe that we have accomplished that.

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

uBlock-for-firefox-legacy - uBlock Origin for Firefox legacy-based browsers.

AdguardBrowserExtension - AdGuard browser extension

promnesia - Another piece of your extended mind

uMatrix-issues - This is the community-maintained issue tracker for uMatrix