E2Guardian Alternatives

E2Guardian is described as 'E2guardian is an Open Source web content filter, It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, request header and URL filtering, etc. It does not purely filter based on a banned list of sites' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to E2Guardian for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best E2Guardian alternative is Plucky. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Plucky or Privoxy. Other great apps like E2Guardian are Wondershare FamiSafe, NxFilter, Privaxy and BrowseControl.

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  1. Plucky icon
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    Pluckeye is a filter that bolsters self-control on the Internet.

    62 Plucky alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
    • Plucky is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to E2Guardian.

    • Plucky is the most popular free alternative to E2Guardian.

    • Plucky is Free Personal and ProprietaryE2Guardian is Free and Open Source
    • Plucky is Customizable and LightweightE2Guardian is not according to our users
  2. 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 Open Source alternative to E2Guardian.

    • Privoxy is Free and Open SourceE2Guardian is also Free and Open Source
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    Monitor internet use, block harmful content, set restrictions and time limits on devices. Features include app control, social media tracking, and location alerts for comprehensive parental supervision.

    84 Qustodio Parental Control alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
    • Qustodio Parental Control is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to E2Guardian.

    • Qustodio Parental Control is the most popular commercial alternative to E2Guardian.

    • Qustodio Parental Control is Paid and ProprietaryE2Guardian is Free and Open Source
  4. NxFilter icon
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    NxFilter is a freeware web filtering software controlling user activity on Internet. You can monitor Internet usage in your network and block user request for websites with NxFilter. It offers many features like Active Directory integration, User or Group based policy...

    59 NxFilter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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 E2Guardian.

    • Privaxy is Free and Open SourceE2Guardian is also Free and Open Source
  6. BrowseControl icon
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    An agent-based web filter that blocks websites based on URLs and categories. Internet use quotas can be set based on schedules and timers. Includes a port filter and Windows application blocker.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. DansGuardian icon
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    DansGuardian is an award winning Open Source web content filter which currently runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris. It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering.

    40 DansGuardian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. 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
     
  9. ApateDNS icon
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    ApateDNS™ is a tool for controlling DNS responses though an easy-to-use GUI. As a phony DNS server, ApateDNS spoofs DNS responses to a user-specified IP address by listening on UDP port 53 on the local machine. ApateDNS also automatically sets the local DNS to localhost.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. 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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