FilterLists VS Rules

Compare FilterLists vs Rules and see what are their differences.

Rules

Rules database of the ClearURLs WebExtension. (by ClearURLs)
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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.

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 FilterLists and Rules you can also consider the following projects:

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

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.

WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows

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

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.

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

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

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

AdguardBrowserExtension - AdGuard browser extension

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

promnesia - Another piece of your extended mind