Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Antibait is a tool designed to protect users from clickbait content online. Launched in 2017, it helps identify and filter misleading headlines and sensationalized articles that are engineered to manipulate clicks. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Antibait – Protects you from clickbaits launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AO
   An Open Source Tool to Combat Clickbait Links▲81

   2016 · links.spince.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   OMGClickbait▲83

   A simple clickbait detection API using machine learning

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Asora Clickbait Detector▲67

   Detects clickbait posts on social media

   2018 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Antibait▲88

   Protects you from clickbaits

   2017 · antibait.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Baitblock▲75

   Adblock for distractions

   2020 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Google Invisible reCAPTCHA▲428

   Protects your website from spam and abuse

   2017 · cloud.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SkipBait▲12

   Cut through clickbait in seconds-Get the facts, skip the BS

   2025 · its alternatives →

8. 8BA
   Baitblock – A free Chrome extension like Adblock but for distractions▲34

   2020 · baitblock.app · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Instaparser▲547

   Cleanly pull content from any website

   2016 · instaparser.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ghostery 8▲306

    Blocks ads, stops trackers, and speeds up websites

    2018 · ghostery.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    This is Clickbait▲165

    Detects Facebook posts as clickbait using deep learning

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12FT
    Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

    2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ClickFreeze▲93

    Protect your ad clicks against bots and fake traffic

    2023 · clickfreeze.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Filter Everything Online▲70

    Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords

    Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HN
    Hacker News, but every headline is hysterical clickbait▲188

    Dec 2025 · dosaygo-studio.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16SA
    SQRL – Anti-spam rules language Twitter acquired in 2018, open-sourced▲200

    Hey all, author here! This is a demo of the rules engine we built to fight spam/abuse on the internet. It was built based on learnings from Facebook & Google, while trying to make a language that makes it simple for anti-spam analysts to quickly (and safely) deploy rules to production. Unfortunately it looks like the Twitter event feed is temporarily down (they're blocking it, possibly as part of shutting down the API on Thursday). I have a cache of events from a little earlier that I'm going to try play through the stream.

    2023 · websqrl.vercel.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Anti Block Me▲74

    Stop losing ad revenue

    2022 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Anti-Adblock Killer▲87

    Don't touch my Adblocker !

    2016 · reek.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Stop Reels▲163

    Hey HN, I just launched a free Chrome extension called Stop Reels — it blocks Reels/short videos on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, without breaking other features like messaging or the regular feed. Why I built it Like many people, I found myself endlessly scrolling Reels even when I only opened the apps for something specific. The algorithms are too good at hijacking attention. There are tools to block entire sites, but none I found that just surgically block Reels and Shorts — and leave the rest of the platform functional (DMs, posts, marketplace, etc). So I built…

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20PA
    Pesky Adblock – Blocks site access to visitors without an adblocker▲119

    2018 · gitgud.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Unweb▲98

    Adblock for distracting crap like feeds and related content

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Spyder▲130

    Facebook ad library spy tool. Collect, store and share ads🎥

    2020 · getspyder.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Let's encourage ad blocking▲92

    We check for and encourage the use of an ad blocker.

    2016 · blockads.fivefilters.org · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Spince Links▲58

    Free clickbait blocker and translator

    2016 · its alternatives →

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