adblock2privoxy VS blockit

Compare adblock2privoxy vs blockit and see what are their differences.

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adblock2privoxy blockit
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5.4 0.0
2 months ago almost 3 years ago
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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adblock2privoxy

Posts with mentions or reviews of adblock2privoxy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-18.
  • Nyxt Browser
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Mar 2021
    All you're asking is already possible with Privoxy[1], which is even stronger than a browser adblocker. It's a very old software: it used to be unmaintained and lacking some essential features, but thankfully the development resumed and is now fully fuctional again with the modern web.

    It can be used as an adblocker based on domain, request path, HTTP headers, etc, but it can do much more. It can redirect requests (for example, replacing assets from a CDN with a local cache), modify headers (stripping or making cookies temporary, changing user agent, etc.) and even rewrite the content of web pages using regular expressions or any external program.

    By default, it has only a basic configuration that blocks tracking and ads, but there are tools[2] that convert adblock rules to the Privoxy format, so it will be functionally equivalent to adblock.

    It acts as a CONNECT proxy, so you can run it locally or on a router and if combined with a NAT rule, it can also work transparently (obviously, you need to manually trust a CA certificate for https).

    [1]: https://www.privoxy.org/

    [2]: https://github.com/essandess/adblock2privoxy

blockit

Posts with mentions or reviews of blockit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-23.
  • Security Implications of Using Nyxt
    1 project | /r/Nyxt | 29 May 2021
    You mean blockit? I cannot remember anything except it :(
  • BlocKit - new WebKitGTK Adblock extension
    1 project | /r/linux | 20 Apr 2021
    https://github.com/dudik/blockit Hello. I've been working on a new adblock extension for browsers based on WebKitGTK - for example nyxt, vimb, surf, luakit... Notable features compared to currently available solutions are: supports both network and dynamic cosmetic filtering, automatic filter lists updating, element picker/zapper and a simple GUI (optional, configuration is also possible purely through text files). It's written in C, but uses the adblock-rust library written in Rust by the team that stands behind the Brave browser. Based on limited testing (https://adblock-tester.com/), the extension gets the same score as uBlock Origin (100%). I'm looking for some feedback - what works, what doesn't, what features are missing, what you like/dislike etc. The README should contain everything you need to know, but I will gladly answer any questions.
  • blockit - new WebKitGTK Adblock extension
    1 project | /r/suckless | 7 Apr 2021
  • adblock extension
    3 projects | /r/Nyxt | 23 Mar 2021
  • WebKitGTK adblock extension, Have you already tried it?
    1 project | /r/gnome | 20 Mar 2021
    1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 18 Mar 2021
    1 project | /r/WebKit | 13 Mar 2021
  • Nyxt Browser
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Mar 2021
    What about blockit[0]? It does implement some of the features you need. It's still a WIP, but I'm actively working on it and it uses the adblock-rust library from Brave, which is already able to compete with uBlock Origin.

    [0] https://github.com/dudik/blockit

What are some alternatives?

When comparing adblock2privoxy and blockit you can also consider the following projects:

privaxy - Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic.

nyxt - Nyxt - the hacker's browser.

lagrange - A Beautiful Gemini Client

vimb - Vimb - the vim like browser is a webkit based web browser that behaves like the vimperator plugin for the firefox and usage paradigms from the great editor vim. The goal of vimb is to build a completely keyboard-driven, efficient and pleasurable browsing-experience.

Surfingkeys - Map your keys for web surfing, expand your browser with javascript and keyboard.

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

tridactyl - A Vim-like interface for Firefox, inspired by Vimperator/Pentadactyl.

proxy - This repository contains the WhatsApp proxy implementation for users to host their own proxy infrastructure to connect to WhatsApp for chat (VoIP is not currently supported)