Alternatives to Privoxy
A non-caching web proxy that filters HTTP headers and page content to remove ads and trackers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Privoxy
A non-caching web proxy that filters HTTP headers and page content to remove ads and trackers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Privoxy.
AdGuard Ad Blocker
System-wide ad and tracker blocker apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with DNS filtering.
AdGuard Ad Blocker filters ads and trackers across all apps on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but is not open source and offers a freemium model.
personalDNSfilter
Lightweight Java DNS filter proxy that blocks ad and malware domains on Android and desktops.
personalDNSfilter blocks ad and malware domains through DNS on Android and Java-enabled desktops, filtering by domain only rather than headers or page content.
hBlock
A POSIX shell script that builds a hosts file blocking ad, tracking and malware domains.
hBlock builds a hosts file blocking ad and tracking domains on Unix systems, with no resident service but no header or content filtering and single-machine coverage.
OpenWrt adblock
A DNS-based ad and abuse domain blocking package for OpenWrt routers, covering every device on the network.
OpenWrt adblock moves DNS-based domain blocking onto an OpenWrt router for the whole network, without Privoxy's header or page content filtering.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ProxyChains-NG
A UNIX command-line preloader that forces a program's TCP connections through SOCKS or HTTP proxies.
torsocks
A command-line wrapper that routes an application's network traffic through the Tor network.
uBlock Origin Lite
A Manifest V3 content blocker from the uBlock Origin project that filters ads and trackers.
AdGuard Browser Extension
A browser extension that blocks ads, pop-ups and trackers, with cosmetic filtering of page elements.
Diversion
A DNS-based ad blocker that runs on Asus routers with Asuswrt-Merlin firmware.
DNSNet
An Android app that filters DNS requests through a local VPN to block ad and tracker domains.
