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

875 mentions on Hacker News by 554 people: 57 stories, 818 comments · first 2014-06-24 · latest 2026-10-13

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  1. …this - to be used I have a counterargument page dedicated to apologists of inefficient software: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Who-cares-about-effic...
    comment by gorhill · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  2. …pages though, but I suspect not much. I have never benchmarked Ghostery/Disconnect CPU-wise. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Own-memory-usage:-ben...
    comment by gorhill · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  3. In some tests, uBlock results in the browser using less memory than with no plugins: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benc... n.b. Firefox results from experimental patch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8802509
    comment by logn · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  4. …scripts/frames is no hurdle, as the important content most of the time can be viewed. Examples: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-Be...
    comment by gorhill · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  5. Or, if you're using Chrome/Chromium/Opera, try uBlock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock I use AdBlock on one machine and uBlock on the other, both in Opera. I've not noticed any real difference in unattended use, except uBlock seems to…
    comment by Nexxxeh · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  6. Someone is working on it there https://github.com/Deathamns/uBlock . There is also experimental xpi https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/27 .
    comment by Squarex · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  7. a mobile readable version: https://getscroll.com/r/mdqbs I'm using https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock to replace Adblock plus since last week.
    comment by lukastsai · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  8. People are using µBlock now for precisely this reason. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-vs.-ABP:-... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/%C2%B5block/cjpalh... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
    comment by shpx · 2014-12-27 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
  9. for the first part, try µblock[0], it's incredibly better than AB and ABP. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
    comment by riffraff · 2014-12-16 · in Farewell, Dr. Dobb's
  10. …significantly RAM usage for each open tab. uBlock author has extensive benchmarks about this issue. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-vs.-ABP:-...
    comment by aen0 · 2014-09-22 · in Electrolysis – run web content in a separate process from Firefox
  11. I recommend uBlock ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ). Really lightweight, does the job perfectly.
    comment by D4AHNGM · 2014-09-18 · in Poll: Do you use an ad-blocker?
  12. µBlock is from the same author and a whole lot easier to use: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
    comment by jobu · 2014-09-17 · in iOS 8 reviewed
  13. …[2] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Adblock-Plus... (bottom of the page) [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-vs.-ABP:-... [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988266#c39 Edit: added reference…
    comment by gorhill · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
  14. I run benchmarks to drive development. So you may want to look once in a while at that page: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-and-other... The raw data is published at the top as a spreadsheet, and from it you could see…
    comment by gorhill · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
  15. ….com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/HTTP-Switchb... If you just want Adblocking functionality check out https://github.com/gorhill/ublock Same author as HTTPSB.
    comment by packetlss · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
  16. I'm loving ublock https://github.com/gorhill/ublock
    comment by sogen · 2014-07-29 · in Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
  17. …just hide HTML elements. Compare the numbers of domains reached with when no blocker is used. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#benchmarks [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#benchmarks
    comment by gorhill · 2014-06-26 · in Adblock Plus gives Facebook users a way to block its extended tracking efforts
  18. …submit myself a "Show HN" but oh well.) I ran benchmarks to compare against other popular blockers: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#benchmark
    comment by gorhill · 2014-06-24 · in µBlock – An efficient blocker for Chromium-based browsers.