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Privoxy vs hBlock: catalog facts
Privoxy	hBlock
Free Free software; donations are welcome.	Free Free to download and use.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux, Command line
Filters both HTTP headers and page content Works for one machine or a whole network	Single portable POSIX shell script Combines several blocklist sources
Configuration takes effort to learn No trusted build infrastructure for binary packages	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: GPL-2.0-or-later	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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