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.
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, Self-Hosted and Google Chrome apps. The best BFilter alternative is Privoxy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BFilter are Proxomitron, Proximodo, CacheGuard Gateway and Privaxy.
Alternatives list
59 Privoxy alternatives
23 Proxomitron alternativesFor 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.
38 Proximodo alternativesProximodo 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.
136 CacheGuard Gateway alternativesCacheGuard is a free open-source network security appliance for startups and growing businesses that need enterprise-grade protection without the complexity or the cost.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- VirtualBox
- Self-Hosted
- VMware vSphere Hypervisor
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Proxmox Virtual Environment
40 Privaxy alternativesPrivaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic.
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24 WebCensor alternativesWebCensor 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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