BFilter AlternativesAd Blockers and other similar apps like BFilter

BFilter is described as 'Filtering web proxy. It was originally intended for removing banner ads only, but since then its capabilities have been greatly extended. Unlike most of the similar tools, it doesn't rely on blacklists (although it does support them)' and is a Ad Blocker in the web browsers category. There are six alternatives to BFilter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, VirtualBox and Self-Hosted apps. The best BFilter alternative is Privoxy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BFilter are Proxomitron, Proximodo, Privaxy and CacheGuard-OS.

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  1. Privoxy icon
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    Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.

    57 Privoxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Privoxy is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to BFilter.

    • Privoxy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BFilter.

    • Privoxy is Free and Open SourceBFilter is also Free and Open Source
  2. Proxomitron icon
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    For those who have not yet been introduced, meet the Proxomitron: a free, highly flexible, user-configurable, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy.

    22 Proxomitron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Proximodo icon
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    Proximodo is a loopback proxy server, seemingly a fork of proxomitron though likely abandonware. Unlike Proxomitron its developer is not existentially challenged. Additionally Proximodo can use Proxomitron filters. Unfortunately it does not support SSL connections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Privaxy icon
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    Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic.

    39 Privaxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Privaxy is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BFilter.

    • Privaxy is Free and Open SourceBFilter is also Free and Open Source
  5. CacheGuard-OS icon
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    All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...

    135 CacheGuard-OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
     
    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular commercial alternative to BFilter.

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryBFilter is Free and Open Source
  6. WebCensor icon
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    WebCensor is profanity filter for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. In addition, you can use it as content filter, as it uses not only the predefined list of bad, curse, cuss, offensive, swear words but also the ability to add your own custom filters which people will.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
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