Proxomitron Alternatives

Proxomitron is described as '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' and is a Proxy Service in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Proxomitron for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Google Chrome apps. The best Proxomitron alternative is AdGuard, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Proxomitron are NextDNS, Privoxy, Squid and NextDNS Manager.

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  1. AdGuard icon

    AdGuard

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    Ad-blocking solution eliminating intrusive ads and preventing tracking, with malware protection. Filters pop-ups, banners, and more for clean browsing. Works in the background for ad-free surfing, protects data privacy with Spyware filter, and controls ad display in apps.

    121 AdGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Snapcraft
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Android TV
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    • AdGuard is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Proxomitron.

    • AdGuard is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Proxomitron.

    • AdGuard is Freemium and Open SourceProxomitron is Free and Proprietary
    • AdGuard is Privacy focused and LightweightProxomitron is not according to our users
  2. NextDNS icon

    NextDNS

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    NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.

    139 NextDNS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • UC Browser
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • UniFi Network
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • OpenWrt
    • Opera
    • Alpine Linux
    • pfSense
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • DD-WRT
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    • NextDNS is the most popular Web-based, Linux & SaaS alternative to Proxomitron.

    • NextDNS is Freemium and Open SourceProxomitron is Free and Proprietary
    • NextDNS is Customizable, Privacy focused, Lightweight and Security-focusedProxomitron is not according to our users
  4. Privoxy icon

    Privoxy

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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
     
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    Total Adblock

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    Squid

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    Squid 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.

    24 Squid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
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    • Squid is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Proxomitron.

    • Squid is Free and Open SourceProxomitron is Free and Proprietary
    • Squid is Privacy focusedProxomitron is not according to our users
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    NextDNS Manager

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    With this management app, you can manage and change your NextDNS settings, check your connection, test your ping, and see other connection information!

    35 NextDNS Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
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  8. Polipo icon

    Polipo

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. TinyProxy icon

    TinyProxy

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    Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. It is free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying.

    28 TinyProxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. Proximodo icon

    Proximodo

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    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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  12. Ad Muncher icon

    Ad Muncher

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    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
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  13. Privaxy icon

    Privaxy

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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
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  14. AdFender icon

    AdFender

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    Take control of your browsing experience with AdFender... Block banner ads, video ads, pop-ups, trackers and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  15. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
     
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