squidGuard Alternatives

    squidGuard is described as 'URL redirector software, which can be used for content control of websites users can access. It is written as a plug-in for Squid and uses blacklists to define sites for which access is redirected' and is a Parental Control Tool in the Home & Family category. There are more than 25 alternatives to squidGuard for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, Mac and iPad. The best alternative is Qustodio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try E2Guardian or FamilyShield. Other great apps like squidGuard are Norton Family (Paid), DNS Redirector (Paid), CacheGuard-OS (Paid) and HomeGuard Activity Monitor (Paid).

    This page was last updated Feb 12, 2019
    1. Qustodio helps parents protect their kids online. See how they use the Internet, set healthy access limits, and protect against dangerous or inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and online predators.
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    2. Norton Family

      • Windows
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Android Tablet
      • iPad
      • Internet Explorer
      • Google Chrome
      • Safari
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      Norton Online Family protects your kids from online predators by allowing you to understand what your kids are really doing online and spot potential dangers before they become problems
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    4. e2guardian is an Open Source web content filter, It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, request header and URL filtering, etc. It does not purely filter based on a banned list of sites.
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    5. FamilyShield, powered by OpenDNS, blocks adult websites from home computers for free, with no software to install.

      Discontinued

      Not a separate product anymore, it's now part of the OpenDNS offer.

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    6. Runs as a Windows service, supports any TCP/IP device. Display a blocked page as result of any domain name matched in the keywords list. Prevent installation of file sharing/P2P clients, spyware, or other malicious software - a technique referred to as DNS sinkhole or blackhole.

    8. CacheGuard-OS

      • Windows
      • VirtualBox
      • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
      • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
      • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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      All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product.
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    9. HomeGuard is an advanced parental control and activity monitoring tool for family and child safety online and offline.
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    10. DansGuardian is an award winning Open Source web content filter which currently runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris. It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering.

      Discontinued

      Latest update in 2012: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dansguardian/files/

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    11. BrowseControl is an agent-based web filter that blocks websites based on URLs and categories. Internet use quotas can be set based on schedules and timers. Includes a port filter and Windows application blocker.
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    12. Pluckeye is a filter designed with compulsive users of porn in mind. When Pluckeye is first installed, all images on the Internet are blocked.
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