blocklists VS browser_extension

Compare blocklists vs browser_extension and see what are their differences.

blocklists

Shared lists of problem domains people may want to block with hosts files (by jmdugan)

browser_extension

A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative privacy friendly frontends (by libredirect)
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blocklists browser_extension
47 171
4,526 2,979
- 1.9%
0.0 8.9
almost 2 years ago 14 days ago
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blocklists

Posts with mentions or reviews of blocklists. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-19.

browser_extension

Posts with mentions or reviews of browser_extension. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-26.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing blocklists and browser_extension you can also consider the following projects:

nextdns - NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)

privacy-redirect - A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.

Lockdown-iOS

alternative-front-ends - Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, etc.)

Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist - The Ultimate Unified Hosts file for protecting your network, computer, smartphones and Wi-Fi devices against millions of bad web sites. Protect your children and family from gaining access to bad web sites and protect your devices and pc from being infected with Malware or Ransomware.

Redirector - Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect urls based on regex patterns, like a client side mod_rewrite.

hosts - Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly

nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end

privacybadger - Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

farside - A smart redirecting gateway for various frontend services

block-facebook-with-little-snitch - This will block all Facebook IPs with Little Snitch

ping-blocker - Stop sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing