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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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  1. 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)
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    wBlock 3.2 – The next-generation ad blocker for Safari
    story by nntwozz · 2026-10-11 · 0 comments
  3. …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
  4. …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
  5. …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
  6. 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
  7. wblock ftw https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
    comment by onceandfuture · 2026-07-23 · in Safari Technology Preview 248 Released
  8. 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
  9. You might try wBlock: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock
    comment by brycewray · 2026-03-02 · in New iPad Air, powered by M4
  10. 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
  11. 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
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    WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari
    story by InfiniteVortex · 2025-11-17 · 48 comments
  13. 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
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    wBlock: The end of Safari ad-blocking B.S.
    story by miles · 2025-04-24 · 2 comments
  15. 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
  16. 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
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    WBlock: The next-generation ad blocker for Safari
    story by thunderbong · 2024-11-15 · 0 comments