Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one
Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc. - Adblock Plus memory consumption · gorhill/httpswitchboard Wiki
HTTP Switchboard is a browser extension that lets users block or allow specific types of web requests like scripts, iframes, ads, and tracking services through a point-and-click interface. It targets users who want… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Where Adblock+ injects 20K CSS rules, HTTPSB injects one launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN! Since Youtube no longer allows AdBlockers, I built my own extension to get around their video ads. If there is an ad it temporarily manipulates the video; Mutes the volume, sets speed to 10x, and skips it if there is a button. Chrome Webstore link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-accelerator/gpbo... Code: https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator
2023 · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension which blocks requests to sites which have used legal threats to remove themselves from other blacklists. - paulgb/BarbBlock
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple mDNS based reverse proxy for personal infrastructure. - whytheplatypus/switchboard
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A project that turns ads into bitcoin donation solicitations when adblock is enabled - owocki/adblock-to-bitcoin
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc. - Blocking javascript execution reliably in Chromium based browsers · gorhill/httpswitchboard Wiki
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ghostery 8▲306Blocks ads, stops trackers, and speeds up websites
2018 · ghostery.com · its alternatives →
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uBlock Origin is more than an ad-blocker, it's a general purpose content filter that can be leveraged to hide low-quality content from pages you browse. While the main filter lists can remove mailing list popups and obvious nags, the definition of low-quality content is personal, so one size cannot fit all. I used to have an ad-hoc script to render and publish a personal uBlock Origin filter list, added to all my browsers. The goal of this project is to enable more people to build such a list custom list to filter out low-quality content and nags. Chose from a list of community-maintained…
2022 · letsblock.it · its alternatives →
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AdBoost is the only browser extension that adds ads to web pages! - surprisetalk/AdBoost
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · baitblock.app · its alternatives →
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2014 · switchboard.spatch.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I recently released a new browser extension for YouTube, which in addition to the table stakes of hiding the existence of Shorts, hiding promoted content, automatically skipping ads, hiding useless/unused UI elements, hiding unwanted channels YouTube keeps recommending to you, letting you hide algorithmic suggestions etc. etc., makes other changes I've always wanted as a user, in the same vein as one of my other extensions, Control Panel for Twitter. The most significant of those is attempting to make your Subscriptions page more like an Inbox, by hiding videos you've already…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Ad blocker that also underlines paywall and click bait links
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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We check for and encourage the use of an ad blocker.
2016 · blockads.fivefilters.org · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I'm excited to reveal Surfboard to you all! Surfboard is a widget that enables you to share your Arduino code as a URL link or HTML embed. People interacting with your widget can edit, compile and upload the code into their Arduino board--right in the browser. Surfboard supports over 170 boards and over 4,200 libraries, so rest assured you can share quite a large variety of Arduino projects here :) More on tech stack: - Backend is Node.js and Go with MongoDB database, with most of the codebase a derivative of the Duino App project (https://duino.app/) - React…
2022 · sfbd.is · its alternatives →
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Hacker News blocklist extension for Chrome. Contribute to morgante/hn_blocklist development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Block Facebook▲178Chrome Extension that protects your privacy by blocking FB
2018 · sarimhaq.github.io · its alternatives →
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rrweb 1.0▲120The most popular open-source session replay library
2021 · rrweb.com · its alternatives →
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BW_BROWSER▲62"Block" addicting websites by graying them out 🤫
2020 · bwbrowser.com · its alternatives →
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