Unified hosts file with base extensions Alternatives

Unified hosts file with base extensions is described as 'Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories' and is a Ad Blocker in the web browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Unified hosts file with base extensions for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Google Chrome and Safari apps. The best Unified hosts file with base extensions alternative is uBlock Origin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Unified hosts file with base extensions are Adblock Plus, NextDNS, AdGuard and SponsorBlock.

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  1. DNSecure icon
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    DNSecure is a configuration tool of encrypted DNS for iOS/iPadOS. An encrypted DNS service you configure will be used system-wide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. BlockBear icon
     4 likes

    BlockBear is a really simple, often adorable app that blocks ads and protects your privacy from within Safari.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Safari
     
  3. AdClear icon
     2 likes

    AdClear is the premier non-root adblocker for Android users. AdClear’s technology filters out advertisers before they invade your browsing or app experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Samsung Apps
     
  4. hBlock icon
     10 likes

    hBlock is a POSIX-compliant shell script, designed for Unix-like systems, that gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources and creates a hosts file (alternative formats are also supported) that prevents your system from connecting to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Ad Muncher icon
     39 likes

    Ad Muncher is a powerful advert and popup blocking system for all browsers and advert-displaying programs like Pando, SopCast, ICQ, Morpheus, Kazaa, Grokster, Opera, PalTalk, iMesh, Bearshare, LimeWire, TVAnts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Technitium DNS Server is an open source tool that can be used as a personal local DNS server for privacy & security. It includes Ad blocking feature combined with DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS support.

    26 Technitium DNS Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Fight the text ads! Element Hiding Helper is a companion extension for Adblock Plus meant to make creating element hiding rules easier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Adblock Plus
    • GNU IceCat
    • Firefox
     
  8. An extension to control requests. Provides front-end for Firefox webRequest.onBeforeRequest API for request management.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Firefox
     
  9. Skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos playing on a YouTube TV device (see below for compatibility details).

    53 iSponsorBlockTV alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Roku
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Playstation
    • YouTube
     
  10. adblock-lean icon
     1 like

    adblock-lean is a super simple and lightweight adblocking solution that leverages the major rewrite of the DNS server and domain handling code associated with dnsmasq 2.86 that drastically improves performance and reduces memory foot-print, facilitating the use of very large...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. AdBlock Pro icon
     2 likes

    Save data and speed up your Safari - block ads, trackers, unnecessary resources and bypass anti-adblock detectors.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Safari
     
  12. Maza icon
     2 likes

    Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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