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…has its own ad blocker engine built-in rather than as an extension, and it can reuse uBlock's lists https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust I use brave on my phone and I can't really tell the difference from desktop browser+UO, so I guess it…

comment by riffraff · 2026-06-10 · in Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

…it. For ad-blocking, we are already working on integrating Adblock-rust, should be available soon! https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by felarof · 2025-09-05 · in Ask HN: What Arc/Dia features should we prioritize?

…to block third parties from integrating their own ad blockers. You don't need MV2 for that AFAIK. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by homebrewer · 2025-07-13 · in Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

…so, then why include old filters in the repo? Surely, Brave isn't using six year old filters. [0] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust [1] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust/tree/master/data/uBloc... [2] https://easylist.to/ [3]…

comment by potholereseller · 2025-06-16 · in YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads

…Origin in Brave There's no need to do it, their built-in adblocker supports the same rule lists. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by homebrewer · 2025-03-10 · in uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by homebrewer · 2025-03-03 · in About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

…their own adblocker (which is about as effective as uBO, I believe). edit: link to their adblocker: https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by homebrewer · 2025-03-03 · in About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

If you really wanted to know, most of the tests for Brave's adblock engine are at https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust/tree/master/tests Those are automated unit and integration tests with controlled filter data as inputs. That's the only…

comment by antonok · 2025-02-21 · in "Test your adblocker" websites can harm users and the adblocker ecosystem

…think this would happen? Brave incorporates ublock as part of their Rust based adblocking library https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by Scokee · 2024-09-16 · in uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

…is directly integrated into the browser (ie. not an extension, so is not affected by Manifest V3). https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust Here is a (somewhat dated) article describing it by the authors:…

comment by wmitty · 2023-11-21 · in In June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin will be disabled in Chrome 127

…APIs. Brave also publicly committed [1] to continuing support for Mv2 through patches. [0] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust [1] https://twitter.com/brave/status/1574822799700541446

comment by antonok · 2023-11-16 · in Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome extensions

Brave has its own Rust implementation of an adblocker embedded in the browser: https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust; so it does not embed uBlock Origin (but the filters are mostly compatible) Disclaimer: I work at Brave but not on the…

comment by pythux · 2023-06-08 · in uBlock Origin 1.50.0

There is a solution for Chromium based browsers: https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust but you will only have it built-in in Brave currently.

comment by therealmarv · 2023-03-21 · in uBlock Origin 1.48 adds readiness status, code viewer, and other fixes

…- Brave has Adblock built-in natively. It's written in Rust, so Manifest v3 will not affect it. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust - Brave is profitable on itself and not dependent on search engines money like Firefox. Not saying it's…

comment by therealmarv · 2022-12-01 · in Brave launches private search ads

…is unable to remove url based tracking. You still need uBO or the ClearURLs extension to do that. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust/issues/166 )

comment by dbg3386 · 2022-10-02 · in TikTok tracks you across the web, even if you don’t use the app

…the built-in ad blocker doesn't depend on MV2. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059 https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by jiripospisil · 2022-09-29 · in Google postpones MV2 shutoff in Chrome stable to June 2023

Brave's adblocker is internal and written in Rust. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust I'm pretty sure it's also faster than any adblock extension like uBlock.

comment by therealmarv · 2022-09-07 · in “UBO Minus (MV3)” – An Experimental uBlock Origin Build for Manifest V3

…the browser core written in Rust. How cool is that... Especially on mobile Brave is a game changer. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by therealmarv · 2022-08-30 · in AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3

…doing the dynamic reranking would need to evaluate lots of rules and churn through links fast. [0] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by mintplant · 2022-06-22 · in Brave Search Goggles: Alter search rankings with rules and filters

…with basically all of this article, significant parts of which are just factually wrong. [1] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust [2] https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056341952-How... [3]…

comment by fastball · 2021-06-18 · in Brave, the false sensation of privacy

…appear to be true. Here is the github repo for their open source adblock engine written in rust: https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust Here is a (somewhat dated) article describing it by the authors: https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-pe…

comment by wmitty · 2021-06-18 · in Brave, the false sensation of privacy

…about it, because ad blocking in Brave is built-in and implemented without the extension APIs. https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by yepguy · 2021-04-09 · in uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

…the better option, as far as raw performance. https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-performance/ https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust Using Chrome+uBO+uMatrix and Brave side by side, Brave just works better. Less knobs to fiddle with,…

comment by basch · 2020-05-19 · in New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data

Because its considerably faster, they claim. https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-performance/ https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust They rewrote ublock origin in rust, and its native to the product, not tacked on. Shady business model…

comment by basch · 2020-05-19 · in New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data

…cost. [0] Current Go code: https://github.com/hadrianw/abracabra [1] https://commoncrawl.org/ [2] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust [3] https://docs.rs/html5ever/0.25.1/html5ever/tokenizer/index.h... EDIT: Also for the search part I…

comment by hawski · 2020-05-16 · in Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

…or more important than anti-virus, for safety. https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-performance/ https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust Although it will make troubleshooting a nightmare, necessary protection at multiple levels of the stack…

comment by basch · 2020-03-24 · in Resilience: An Ad Blocker Without Compromises

Brave is open source, so their ad blocking mechanisms are transparent: https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust Here is an excerpt of the read.me: It uses a tokenisation approach for quickly reducing the potentially matching rule search space…

comment by jshevek · 2020-03-07 · in The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

…adblock engine is native (written in Rust), not a Javascript-based engine like uBlock [0] [0] https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by tim-- · 2019-11-12 · in Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary

According to https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust they use a similar algorithm as uBlock Origin. So not really "new", just reimplemented in rust.

comment by krispbyte · 2019-06-27 · in Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust

…release browser? If not, what was the first? https://github.com/brave/brave-core/search?q=rust https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust-ffi https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by mlinksva · 2019-06-27 · in Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust