Block ads system-wide on Android using local VPN-based DNS filtering. No root needed. No data collection.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
- OpenAPK
Vietnam
Privoxy Alternatives
Apps similar to Privoxy include uBlock Origin, which is free and open source. Other options are NextDNS, Adblock Plus, AdGuard and Pi-hole. Ad Blockers like Privoxy are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad.
Alternatives list
Zen is an open-source system-wide ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It works by setting up a proxy that intercepts HTTP requests from all applications, and blocks those serving ads, tracking scripts that monitor your behavior, malware, and other...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Global
25 Squid alternativesSquid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
68 AdNauseam alternativesAdNauseam is a browser extension designed to obfuscate browsing data and protect users from surveillance and tracking by advertising networks.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Google Chrome
- uBlock Origin
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
United States
With this management app, you can manage and change your NextDNS settings, check your connection, test your ping, and see other connection information!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- United States
34 hBlock alternativeshBlock 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
For 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
Web Safety for Squid Proxy (aka qlproxy) is an ICAP web filtering server that integrates with Squid proxy installed in your network, which provides rich web and content filtering platform to sanitize Internet traffic.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Netherlands
EU
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
United Kingdom
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
South Korea
Take control of your browsing experience with AdFender... Block banner ads, video ads, pop-ups, trackers and more.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Proximodo 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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