nuTensor VS Pi-hole

nuTensor from geekprojects (Archived)

https://github.com/geekprojects/nuTensor says their intent is to keep it working with Firefox. It is 23 commits ahead of the gorhill/uMatrix repo, but it hasn't had a commit in two years.

But nikobockerman did not commit anything. Its just a fork of the archived https://github.com/geekprojects/nuTensor. Therefore I dont see it maintained. But just now I realized you never told the fork was maintained.

sorry, i just realized the project is called "nuTensor", not uTensor. This is their github https://github.com/geekprojects/nuTensor

You can try to write to one of the developers of forks, such as nuTensor, perhaps they can fix the problem and then you can use the fork.

The uBlock Origin patch can be cleanly applied to the uMatrix codebase. Here's the analogous PR for nuTensor: https://github.com/geekprojects/nuTensor/pull/24

The ηMatrix patch would require slight modifications due to stylistic differences between the uMatrix and ηMatrix codebases.

If the nuTensor PR gets applied and releases are made, then switching extensions might be a reasonable migration path for some users. You can also try to sideload a patched version of uMatrix, but sideloading procedures have become more onerous over time and may be annoying to deal with.

Manually applied the changes in this pull request from the nuTensor project to the file /src/js/main-blocked.js. :)

Also uMatrix is not dead. Just use nuTensor instead. It's very simple to compile (on Linux). I don't know anything about programming but I managed, so, so can you (probably).

There's the nuTensor fork which will not add features but will maintain the code.

Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔

This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.

Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).

A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[1] https://brew.sh/

[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...

[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install

Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives

https://pi-hole.net/

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.

Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.

0 - https://pi-hole.net/

1 - https://nextdns.io

It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.

https://pi-hole.net/

It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).

Setup a pi-hole.

It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.