Alternatives to Blacklight
A real-time website privacy inspector that reveals the tracking technologies a site uses. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Blacklight
A real-time website privacy inspector that reveals the tracking technologies a site uses.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Blacklight.
Webbkoll
A web-based privacy checker for cookies, third-party requests, HTTPS and security headers.
Webbkoll checks cookies, third-party requests, HTTPS and security headers in one report, run by a non-profit with source on Codeberg, but lacks session recording detection.
Request Map Generator
A web tool that draws a node map of every request a page makes, including third parties.
Request Map Generator draws a visual map of every third-party domain a page calls, with test locations and Chrome channels, rather than naming specific tracking techniques.
Cookiebot Cookie Checker
A free online scanner that finds and categorizes the cookies and trackers a website uses.
Cookiebot Cookie Checker categorizes cookies and third-party requests with a compliance risk assessment, but delivers its report by email and promotes a commercial consent product.
Cookieserve
A free online cookie checker that scans a website and reports the cookies it sets.
Cookieserve gives an instant cookie report with no sign-up, but it checks cookies rather than every kind of tracker such as fingerprinting.
CookieYes Cookie Checker
A free online tool that scans a website and lists every cookie it sets by category.
CookieYes Cookie Checker lists a site's cookies by category in seconds, but focuses on cookies rather than all third-party requests and promotes a paid product.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
BrowserLeaks
A suite of web tests that show what your browser reveals about you and your device.
AmIUnique
A web page that checks whether your browser has a unique fingerprint and how identifiable you are.
Cover Your Tracks
An EFF web tool that tests how well your browser resists tracking and fingerprinting.
Exodus Privacy
An Android app and web service that reports the trackers and permissions found inside Android apps.
Terms of Service; Didn't Read
A not-for-profit project that grades and summarizes the terms of service and privacy policies of websites.
