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Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker icon

Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker

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Block ads, cookies, popups & other trackers. Ghostery sets you up for a private, transparent, and fast internet.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Vivaldi
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari
  • Yandex Browser
  • Opera
  • Mozilla Firefox
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3.6 / 5 Avg rating (7)
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  Block Trackers
  3.  Microsoft Edge extension
  4.  Safari extension
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Browser extension
  9.  Opera extension

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Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker information

  • Developed by

    DE flagGhostery Gmbh

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.6

  • Alternatives

    89 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • German

AlternativeTo Categories

Web Browsers, Security & Privacy, Business & Commerce

Apple AppStore

  •   Updated Mar 18, 2025
  •   4.59 avg rating

GitHub repository

  •  1,462 Stars
  •  146 Forks
  •  52 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 18, 2025 
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Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker, and it has gotten 329 likes

Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker was added to AlternativeTo by Boardies on Oct 20, 2010 and this page was last updated Jan 10, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Benjamin Lupton
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•Sep 9, 2015
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I love this extension how I can select exactly what to block and what not to block, and it alerts me of all the different things on each site, I finally feel as if I have regained control of my web browsing experience - without all the pesky clutter I don't want, and informed about it all.

Top Negative Comment
RemovedUser
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•Jun 1, 2020
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The software is very good, but it only blocks official advertising and no advertising integrated via websites. to have only a subscription model and no lifetime model like other providers I would rather pay once than pay every month / year.

[Edited by msebastian100, June 01]

Eriko
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•Dec 9, 2022
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Ghostery is a data trading company that presents itself as an adblocker.

Nick M
•Jul 18, 2024

It was before

Cora
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•Oct 15, 2018
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Ghostery does a great job of deflecting trackers. I always install Ghostery alongside AdBlock Plus whenever I transition to a new browser or machine.

loziniak
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•Dec 31, 2017
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The functionality is great, but last modifications to UI make the app resources-intensive and not so usable.

jcarpenter
•Jun 21, 2011
0

I'm thoroughly impressed by the elegant and effective design of this plugin (have only used in Chrome so far). Its notifications are unobtrusive yet obvious, attractively formatted, and has a perfect escalation of information curve (popup names - right click UI - complete entity profile page).

gordita_de_lisoform
•Nov 23, 2010
0

Thanks Ghostery, now I can stalk my boyfriend's exes without worries :D

What is Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker?

Ghostery counts more than 100+ million downloads worldwide.

Ghostery for provides safe, fast, and clutter-free browsing for free. The browser extension upgrades your browser and supplies full adblock functionality, stops trackers from accessing your personal data, and annoying cookie consent pop-ups.

Ghostery has three main components:

  • Ad-Blocking - blocks all ads on websites you visit with your browser, including Youtube and Facebook, helping you to focus only on the information important to you.
  • Anti-Tracking - stops trackers’ ability to collect your personal data, replacing it with random values and anonymizing your identity for data brokers. If you see a need to unblock individual trackers, we developed this option. The reasons are up to you!
  • Never-Consent - automatically removes intrusive cookie popups and expresses dissent to online tracking. This unequaled feature adds convenience to each website visit and acts like your privacy advocate towards content providers while using any web browser.

Ghostery delivers the online privacy protection our users have come to know and love while minimising the need for customisation and maintenance.

As Ghostery is more than an ad-blocker, it comes with exceptional additional features, not found in any other ad-blocking extension:

  • Trackers information on any website your visit, informing you about the number of trackers, their type, and the company operating them.
  • Trackers Preview on search engine result pages - displaying tracker information even before you visit a page. You can safely make the choice to visit it, as Ghostery will stop trackers expecting you on the landing page.
  • WhoTracks.Me - Owning and operating the largest database of trackers allows Ghostery to update tracker information fast and reliably for all users.

Moreover, Ghostery is:

  • Open source
  • Supported by thousands of contributors worldwide
  • Free to use forever

Ghostery is free for everyone. Take back control over your digital privacy and become a Contributor to Ghostery. Contributors help Ghostery fund the development of the Privacy Suite and WhoTracks.Me, the largest database of trackers in the world.

Become a Contributor and help Ghostery fight for privacy as a human right!

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