0xCUB3/wBlock
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Free, open-source Safari ad blocker for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and visionOS. Up to 750,000 rules, custom filter lists, userscripts and userstyles. No subscription.
17 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 4 stories, 13 comments · first 2024-11-15 · latest 2026-10-14
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wBlock works quite well. https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock https://skula.me/project/wblock/
comment by brycewray · 2026-10-14 · in Apple: Switch to Safari (From Chrome) -
…to benefit from Firefox Focus's ad blocking. (It's not the best ad blocker, I've found wBlock - https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock - is more effective, anecdotally and via adblock.turtlecute.org) Regular Firefox (non-Focus, the app from the…
comment by unl0ckd · 2026-09-03 · in Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS -
…to wblock. Absolutely amazing, works inside webviews (e.g. netnewswire). v3 just released. https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
comment by nntwozz · 2026-09-01 · in Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS -
…extensions that can monitor your browsing.“ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wblock/id6746388723 / GH: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock On AdGuard: can act as your PiHole and allow you to see network requests when run in non-native mode.
comment by Barbing · 2026-08-16 · in Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker -
You might want to try wblock ( https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock ).
comment by brycewray · 2026-08-15 · in Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin -
wblock ftw https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
comment by onceandfuture · 2026-07-23 · in Safari Technology Preview 248 Released -
A free option worth checking out: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock . I have been using it on my mac and my mobile devices and it syncs up nicely and seems to perform well :)
comment by epiecs · 2026-05-18 · in I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation -
You might try wBlock: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
comment by brycewray · 2026-03-02 · in New iPad Air, powered by M4 -
They do have a compare page here: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso...
comment by blakesterz · 2025-11-17 · in WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari -
Well, they have this list in their repo: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/blob/main/Adblock_Compariso... Only one I can see is (slightly) less RAM use.
comment by TheSilva · 2025-11-17 · in WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari -
A more native open-source version: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
comment by safehuss · 2025-10-29 · in uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store -
I moved from Wipr to this, have been pleasantly surprised. https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
comment by monkeyshelli · 2025-03-01 · in An update on Mozilla's terms of use for Firefox -
I've been using this here: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
comment by twilo · 2025-02-28 · in WebShield – A new wide-spectrum content blocker for Safari