Polyglot VS Ka-Block

Compare Polyglot vs Ka-Block and see what are their differences.

Polyglot

🌏 The missing Safari extension that translates selected text into your native language. (by uetchy)

Ka-Block

A Safari extension that blocks an artisanal selection of advertising domains. (by dgraham)
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Polyglot Ka-Block
1 7
481 856
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0.0 0.0
12 months ago about 1 year ago
Swift Swift
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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Polyglot

Posts with mentions or reviews of Polyglot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Ka-Block

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ka-Block. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-12.
  • Ask HN: Browser-extension creators, how do you write for multiple browsers?
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Feb 2022
    > Chrome without uBlock (or any browser really) is unusable.

    I use a recent version of Safari and uBlock origin doesn't work there.

    Instead I use Ka-Block![1], which blocks popular ad serving domains. For other annoyances like newsletter popups, etc., I rely on the "Kill sticky headers" script[2], with some custom hacks; I'll try to post my version of that script sometime soon.

    It works good enough for my needs. I also have Firefox with uBlock installed, I end up still using Safari.

    [1]: http://kablock.com , https://github.com/dgraham/Ka-Block

    [2]: https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/

  • Best free iOS ad-blocker now that 1BlockerX costs money?
    2 projects | /r/privacy | 22 Dec 2021
    I use Ka-Block! It’s completely free and works super well!
  • Safari opens up new window telling me to install 'flash player' because my flash player is out of date.
    3 projects | /r/applehelp | 28 Mar 2021
    For blocking different kinds of internet junk, I use Ka-Block!, Hush and NextDNS. I see no scams like that and very little ads.
  • Is this legit, or a spam?
    1 project | /r/applehelp | 15 Mar 2021
    I’d suggest you use NextDNS, Ka-Block! and Hush on all your devices to block not only these scams, but also trackers, ads, annoying cookie notices and other internet junk.
  • I may have been hacked
    1 project | /r/techsupport | 12 Mar 2021
    You haven’t been hacked. It sounds like a scammy ad. I suggest NextDNS, Ka-Block! and Hush for blocking these and other internet junk (I’ve been using all three myself for a long time).
  • Malware
    1 project | /r/iphonehelp | 25 Feb 2021
    You don’t have a virus. This pop-up was a scammy ad. I use NextDNS, Ka-Block! and Hush to block these and other internet junk. I’d suggest you to try them out. It costs you nothing and you can regain some sanity, privacy, security, internet bandwidth, computing speed and battery life by not loading all the scams, phishing attempts, trackers, ads, cookie notices and general junk the modern internet is unfortunately full of.
  • Best Working Ad Blocker for Safari in 2021?
    1 project | /r/Safari | 12 Feb 2021
    No love for Ka-Block?... :/ Available for macOS and iOS. And it's open-source. It's great! :)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Polyglot and Ka-Block you can also consider the following projects:

userscripts - An open-source userscript manager for Safari

hush - 🤫 Noiseless Browsing – Content Blocker for Safari

deep-translator - A flexible free and unlimited python tool to translate between different languages in a simple way using multiple translators.

session-buddy - An ultra-light Safari extension helps you save open tabs as collections that can be easily restored later

redditweaks - A Safari App Extension to help make Reddit suck just a little less on Safari 13+. Written (mostly) in SwiftUI.

iOSAdblockList - Ultimate Host List for Mobile Adblockers (Focused on iOS)

BTTV-for-Safari - Unofficial BTTV/ FFZ Safari Extension for Twitch

webextensions-examples - Example Firefox add-ons created using the WebExtensions API

SponsorBlockSafari - Safari web-extension glue code for SponsorBlock

browser-ext - Safari Extension Container App

nextdns - NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)