Blocks over 3 billion ads and trackers, letting you browse the web more efficiently and securely, with minimal impact on CPU and memory usage. Suitable for anyone looking to enhance their online privacy and reduce distractions. Benefits most those who value a clutter-free browsing experience.
Overview
IMPORTANT: uBlock Origin is completely unrelated to the site "ublock.org".
uBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature.
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Out of the box, these lists of filters are loaded and enforced:
- uBlock Origin filter lists
- EasyList (ads)
- EasyPrivacy (tracking)
- Peter Lowe’s Ad server list (ads and tracking)
- Online Malicious URL Blocklist
More lists are available for you to select if you wish:
- Annoyances (cookie warnings, overlays, etc.)
- hosts-based lists
- And many others
Additionally, you can point-and-click to block JavaScript locally or globally, create your own global or local rules to override entries from filter lists, and many more advanced features.
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Free.
Open source with public license (GPLv3)
For users by users.
If ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free.
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Documentation:
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin
Project change log:
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases
Contributors @ Github:
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors
Contributors @ Crowdin:
https://crowdin.net/project/ublock
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