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Top 23 ad-blocker Open-Source Projects

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  1. Pi-hole

    A black hole for Internet advertisements

    Project mention: Using Raspberry Pi Computers For OSINT And Self-Quantification | dev.to | 2025-03-14

    One of my favorite uses of a Raspberry Pi computer is Pi-hole. Which is promoted as a network-wide advertisement blocker. By installing Pi-hole on a RPi and attaching said device to your home LAN, a whole new world of OSINT and self-quantification is opened up.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

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  3. hosts

    🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

    Project mention: Digital Hygiene | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-19

    Why use NextDNS when you can use a lightweight, native solution[1]? Sorry if this sounds condescending but I need less services and not more.

    [1]: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

  4. docker-pi-hole

    Pi-hole in a docker container

    Project mention: Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray you | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-08

    My setup is on a nanopi running FriendlyWRT/OpenWRT with Docker installed. PiHole is easy to run from docker - have a look at https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/

  5. AdAway

    AdAway is a free and open source ad blocker for Android.

    Project mention: Siri "unintentionally" recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-02
  6. blocky

    Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features

    Project mention: Ask HN: What are you replacing uBlock Origin with? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-11

    This might be of interest to you:

    https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky

  7. whitelist

    A simple tool to add commonly white listed domains to your Pi-Hole setup.

  8. block

    Let's make an annoyance free, better open internet, altogether!

  9. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  10. privaxy

    Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic. Also check out my new project, https://www.merklemap.com/

    Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2025) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-30

    I am working on Merklemap, a CT search engine: https://www.merklemap.com/

  11. dns66

    DNS-based Host Blocker (and lightweight ad blocker) for Android

    Project mention: DNS66: DNS-based host/ad blocking for Android | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-22
  12. hblock

    Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.

  13. adfilt

    The place where I, DandelionSprout, store my web filter lists for countless topics, including my Nordic adblock list. As simple as that, really.

    Project mention: Blocking the "Sign in with Google" Prompt | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-14
  14. 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.

  15. TizenTube

    A TizenBrew module to remove ads and add support for SponsorBlock for your Tizen TV.

    Project mention: SmartTube – an advanced player for set-top boxes and TVs running Android OS | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-29

    For people with non-Android smart TVs there are similar apps (with adblock and sponsorblock) both for Tizen [0] and webOS [1].

    [0]: https://github.com/reisxd/TizenTube/

    [1]: https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos

  16. polish-ads-filter

    CertyficateIT - Oficjalne polskie filtry do Adblock, uBlock Origin, Adguard

  17. gravity

    Fully-replicated DNS and DHCP Server with ad-blocking powered by etcd (by BeryJu)

  18. Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate

    Quickly and easily install, uninstall, and set up automatic updates for any of Steven Black's unified hosts files.

  19. YousList

    Block filter for advertisements, mainly on Korean sites

  20. LinkOff

    Cleans the LinkedIn feed based on keywords and filters.

    Project mention: LinkOff – Clean your LinkedIn feed from junk | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-22
  21. List-KR

    Korean-language website filters list for AdGuard and uBlock Origin

  22. unbound-redis

    Unbound Ad Blocker With Redis Persistent Cache

  23. ESP32_AdBlocker

    ESP32 based DNS sinkhole for ads and trackers

  24. PrivacyShield

    A comprehensive All-in-One AdGuard Filter List optimized for DNS level blocking of Ads, Analytics, Tracking, Malware & Scam.

  25. pihole-regex

    Custom RegEx, Exact, and Adlist filters for Pi-hole's FTLDNS (by slyfox1186)

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source ad-blocker projects? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Pi-hole 51,575
2 hosts 27,962
3 docker-pi-hole 9,396
4 AdAway 7,845
5 blocky 5,274
6 whitelist 4,279
7 block 2,569
8 privaxy 2,437
9 dns66 2,160
10 hblock 1,797
11 adfilt 1,691
12 Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist 1,393
13 TizenTube 778
14 polish-ads-filter 690
15 gravity 662
16 Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate 323
17 YousList 303
18 LinkOff 187
19 List-KR 170
20 unbound-redis 130
21 ESP32_AdBlocker 82
22 PrivacyShield 82
23 pihole-regex 75

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