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uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium, Firefox, and Safari. Fast and lean.

54 mentions on Hacker News by 48 people: 5 stories, 49 comments · first 2016-12-05 · latest 2025-08-05

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  1. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by lapcat · 2025-08-05 · in uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari
  2. Safari has had Manifest V3 like restrictions for years now. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 Microsoft announced Edge will stop supporting Manifest V2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-... This…
    comment by lern_too_spel · 2023-11-20 · in Google plans to disable legacy V2 browser extensions next June
  3. You are mistaken. Safari removed the APIs necessary for an uBlock port (there used to be one), see https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 . Injecting code via Web Extensions is too late for reliable blocking - by then, either the…
    comment by Nextgrid · 2023-08-21 · in uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox
  4. …older framework. Consequently, uBlock Origin decided not to support the new extension framework ( https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 ).
    comment by darklion · 2023-07-17 · in Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share anyways?
  5. It has been there but won't ever be again: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by pedrogpimenta · 2023-05-02 · in uBlock Origin 1.49.2 Available as Thunderbird Add-On
  6. …Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin (and other blockers) for Safari - https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 Apparently, the only WebKit-based browser that can run uBO is Orion browser (beta, Mac only). https://browser
    comment by lioeters · 2022-10-18 · in DuckDuckGo for Mac beta now open to the public
  7. …funny, I remember people saying the same thing when Safari limited support for browser extensions: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by smoldesu · 2022-10-03 · in Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown
  8. …for Safari. (See Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin (and other blockers) for Safari #158 - https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158?ysclid=l7g3... ).
    comment by webmobdev · 2022-08-30 · in AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3
  9. …and cosmetically alter the webpage (e.g. fixing the layout with missing ads). Partial source: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by noisem4ker · 2022-06-27 · in Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security
  10. …use Does it? My understanding is that the Safari Extension API isn't suitable for uBlock Origin: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by Nextgrid · 2022-06-24 · in Apple is not defending browser engine choice
  11. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 > It will not possible for uBlock Origin to work with the upcoming Safari 13 / macOS Catalina release
    comment by mikequinlan · 2022-06-02 · in Ask HN: How hard would it be to port ublock origin to Mac Safari?
  12. Apple is the reason. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by jhickok · 2022-02-10 · in uBlock Origin 1.41
  13. …to use -some- desktop extensions. I use uBlock Origin with it on iOS and it works good enough. ¹ https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 ² https://browser.kagi.com/
    comment by dombili · 2022-01-24 · in Show HN: Let's Block It – Custom uBlock Origin Filters Made Easy
  14. …If you're going to argue this is better, don't point us to such a clearly worse result. [0]: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 [1]: https://adguard.com/en/blog/safari-adblock-extensions.html
    comment by Qub3d · 2021-12-10 · in Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threatening
  15. uBlock origin put Ghostery lite in list of good replacement for people on safari so I'm confused now. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by NmAmDa · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave
  16. …the Safari SDK doesn't allow for as fine-grained filtering as Firefox. Here's some of the history: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 . If you want the best ad blocking, use Firefox and uBO. If you're really stuck using…
    comment by troydavis · 2021-11-29 · in Ask HN: Is there any good Ad Blocker for Safari?
  17. …[1]. If they ever get the port to work on a newer version of Safari, it could work on iOS. [1]: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by pacbard · 2021-09-20 · in iOS 15
  18. …ensure performance of the blockers, but the lack of uBlock on iOS is a huge pain point for me. [0] https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by onedognight · 2021-09-20 · in iOS 15
  19. - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... - https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 - https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/googles_browser_exten... - https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-en…
    comment by webmobdev · 2021-09-04 · in uBlock Origin review
  20. …Origin. Safari 13+ on macOS also no longer supports uBlock Origin due to platform restrictions: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by commoner · 2021-09-04 · in uBlock Origin review
  21. it's not lightweight if you can't install a real adblocker https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 enjoy your "promoted content"
    comment by the_gipsy · 2021-06-15 · in IndexedDB is completely broken in latest Safari
  22. It’s probably not. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by runjake · 2021-01-05 · in How to convert existing web extensions for Safari
  23. Same. I can't use Safari without Ublock Origin. The web is a horrible place without it. [1] https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by jumpman500 · 2021-01-05 · in How to convert existing web extensions for Safari
  24. There's a thread regarding this on github linked from gorhill's repo: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 Also Adguard for Safari is GPL v3. https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardForSafari
    comment by least · 2020-08-28 · in Safari adopts the Chrome/Firefox extension model
  25. …The declarative blocking API in Safari isn't built to support those kinds of features. [0] https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 [1] The exception to this being maybe AdGuard when you run it system-wide? I vaguely remember…
    comment by danShumway · 2020-08-20 · in Can't you just right click?
  26. Worth a read “Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin (and other blockers) for Safari” — https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by fluential · 2020-06-17 · in How the most popular Chrome extensions affect browser performance
  27. …I'm on a Mac -- because the adblockers and security extensions for Firefox are just a lot better. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by danShumway · 2020-05-13 · in Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension
  28. …- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/22/apple_intelligent_t... - https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by webmobdev · 2020-03-10 · in Sensor Tower owns ad blocker and VPN apps that collect user data
  29. …from Safari 13 / macOS Catalina, when the legacy entension API will be fully deprecated. Source: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by webmobdev · 2020-02-28 · in Are ad blockers doomed or have we already won? A history lesson
  30. Safari has its problems: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 Though you can get some ad blockers which do less.
    comment by diffeomorphism · 2019-11-21 · in Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
  31. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
    comment by ameshkov · 2019-09-20 · in Ask HN: Alternatives to uBlock Origin for Safari 13?
  32. …more. They allow implementing content blockers rather than ad-blockers. See the difference here: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158#issuecommen...
    comment by gowthamgts12 · 2019-09-20 · in Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari
  33. …know about that, but I'm pretty sure there is an uBlock Origin build for Safari since I'm using it. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari
    comment by nottorp · 2019-08-28 · in How Web Content Can Affect Power Usage
  34. …know about the status of the Safari port? That hasn't seen a release since 1.16 in April 2018. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/releases
    comment by FabHK · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20
  35. Not the most up to fate, but exists: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari
    comment by linux2647 · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20
  36. See also this issue ( https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/145 ) on Ublock Safari's Github filled with people complaining that the extension doesn't work and that Safari's tech restrictions mean that there aren't suitable…
    comment by danShumway · 2019-06-14 · in Chrome 76 Beta: dark mode, payments, new PWA features and more
  37. …Beta 1, uBlock Origin is completely removed as it is not using the MAS distribution method." Src: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/151
    comment by darek · 2019-06-05 · in Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default
  38. Actually you can get uBO for Safari: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/blob/safari/README.md
    comment by cmplxconjugate · 2019-05-30 · in Switch from Chrome to Firefox
  39. …is broken [0], the maintainer has disappeared [1], and Safari will kill it shortly [2]. [0]: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/122 [1]: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/130 [2]: https://developer.apple.com/documentati…
    comment by bangonkeyboard · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released
  40. You might be thankful it was deactivated - it might have not been legit. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/69
    comment by merpnderp · 2018-09-24 · in Why I’m done with Chrome
  41. Have a look at: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari . Available for download in the Safari extensions gallery.
    comment by jeffvogelsang · 2018-07-28 · in An update on uBlock
  42. https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari -> uBlock Origin for Safari. It's quite good.
    comment by moreira · 2018-06-14 · in Notifications in iOS 12
  43. …no longer available in the Safari Extension Gallery. There is a fork of uBlock origin for Safari: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari - I use Linux so I can't vouch for it, but gorhill (author of uBlock origin) links to it in the readme…
    comment by lorenzhs · 2018-02-28 · in Ryzen Boards Reign at Embedded World 2018
  44. …uBlock[1]? It seems like an awkward process to go through, compared to FF (or Chrome/ium)... 1: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari
    comment by blacksmith_tb · 2017-12-19 · in Update: Looking Glass Add-On
  45. Now recently made available for Safari! https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari
    comment by LeoPanthera · 2017-03-15 · in Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable Ads Committee
  46. …to also miss the history of extensions. Also you can install extensions outside of the gallery: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/releases
    comment by mitchty · 2017-01-25 · in Safari 10.1
  47. there is this fork: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari (found via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13112280 )
    comment by detaro · 2016-12-11 · in German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking software is legal
  48. A little good news, a Safari fork now exists: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari
    comment by graham-miln · 2016-12-11 · in German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking software is legal
  49. In addition to what madeofpalk writes, the uBlock Origin manifesto gives some context: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/blob/safari/MANIFESTO.... >The uBlock project does not support Adblock Plus' "Acceptable Ads Manifesto", because…
    comment by delhanty · 2016-12-06 · in UBlock Origin for Safari