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Maza vs hBlock: catalog facts
Maza	hBlock
Free Free to download and use from GitHub.	Free Free to download and use.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Blocks ads for every browser and application at once Only needs Bash, with no extra services to run	Single portable POSIX shell script Combines several blocklist sources
Command-line only, with no graphical interface Needs root privileges to change system DNS settings	Only protects the machine whose hosts file it writes No per-app or per-request control
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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