RefControl Alternatives

RefControl is described as 'Extension for Firefox that lets you control what gets sent as the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are three alternatives to RefControl for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best RefControl alternative is Auto referer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RefControl are Referer Control and Smart Referer.

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RefControl alternatives page was last updated Nov 13, 2020

Auto referer
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An Firefox addon to supress HTTP header's referer, to protect some privacy and try not breaking the web.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
Firefox
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Referer Control
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Referer Control grants full control over the HTTP Referer. You can forge any referrer you want, both globally or on a per-site basis. Alternatively you can choose to disable the Referer completely. Also works on the JavaScript document.referrer!
4 Referer Control alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
BSD
iPad
Google Chrome
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Smart Referer
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Send referers only when staying on the same domain. You can whitelist domains with wildcards and configure other things, look in the preferences page of the addon in the addon manager.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Firefox
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