Polipo Alternatives

Polipo is described as 'A small and fast caching web proxy (a web cache, an HTTP proxy, a proxy server). Polipo can be used in place of ad-filtering, privacy-enhancing proxies such as Junkbuster, Privoxy or WWWOFFLE. As Polipo has much more refined HTTP support, it doesnt impose the speed tax usually' and is a Ad Blocker in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Polipo for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Polipo alternative is Privoxy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Polipo are Squid, Proxomitron, TinyProxy and WinGate.

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  1. Apache Traffic Server icon

    Apache Traffic Server

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    Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP.

    18 Apache Traffic Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
     
  2. SquidMan icon

    SquidMan

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    SquidMan is a MacOS X graphical installer and manager for the Squid proxy cache. It is designed to operate as a "personal" proxy server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Lusca

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    Lusca is a fork of the Squid -2 development tree. The Lusca project aims to fix the shortcomings in the Squid-2 codebase whilst maintaining the the Squid-2 functionality and stability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Safari AdBlocker icon

    Safari AdBlocker

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    Safari AdBlocker is the only 64-bit ad blocker built for Mac OS X 10.5+ to integrate directly into Safari, for minimum disruption to your browsing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. E

    ExaProxy

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    ExaProxy is a a high-performance non-caching proxy. It is able to filter HTTP traffic using third party scripts in your favorite programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    gate.js

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    gate - Performance & scalable I/O forward & reverse HTTP proxy based on node.js + V8 a real alternative to Squid & NGINX

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. C

    CProxy

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    CProxy is a HTTP caching proxy server written in Python 3. With the aim of being able to surf the Internet completely offline, it will intercept Browser's HTTPs requests and decrypt the the traffic on-the-fly to store each successful HTTP response.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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