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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BFilter alternatives are mainly Ad Blockers but may also be Firewalls or Proxy Services. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of BFilter.

BFilter

Ad Blocker
Free • Open Source

BFilter is a 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...

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BFilter alternatives page was last updated Jun 8, 2023

Privoxy
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.
58 Privoxy alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Ad Blocker
- Proxy Service
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Privoxy VS BFilter
Is Privoxy a good alternative to BFilter?
- 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

Proxomitron
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.
24 Proxomitron alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Proxomitron Features
Support for scripting
HTTP Proxy
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Discontinued
Last version, 4.5, released on June 2003, is still downloadable from the official website

Proxomitron VS BFilter
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Proximodo
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.
42 Proximodo alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Ad Blocker
- Proxy Service
Platforms
- Windows
Proximodo VS BFilter
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Privaxy
Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic.
37 Privaxy alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Ad Blocker
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
Privaxy Features
HTTP Proxy
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Privaxy VS BFilter
Is Privaxy a good alternative to BFilter?
- Privaxy is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BFilter.
- Privaxy is Free and Open SourceBFilter is also Free and Open Source

CacheGuard-OS
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...
138 CacheGuard-OS alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Firewall
- Anti-Malware App
Platforms
- Windows
- VirtualBox
- VMware vSphere Hypervisor
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Proxmox Virtual Environment
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CacheGuard-OS VS BFilter
Is CacheGuard-OS a good alternative to BFilter?
- CacheGuard-OS is the most popular commercial alternative to BFilter.
- CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryBFilter is Free and Open Source

WebCensor
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.
25 WebCensor alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Firefox
WebCensor Features
Spam Filter
Filtering
Web filter
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