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uBlock
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gorhill / uBlock

uBlock

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

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What it is

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

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Where it is used

  • LibreWolf — LibreWolf includes uBlock Origin in the browser. Source
  • Mullvad Browser — Mullvad Browser uses uBlock Origin to block third-party trackers. It includes this extension as part of its tracker-blocking approach. Source

What people are saying

You should look into the homepage linked from there https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock because that's were it's really from, and not some recommendation via. Especially their…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 6:01:32 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year875 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-06-24 09:19:53 UTC to 2026-10-13 19:36:47 UTC.

0501002014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 24 mentions; 4 submissions, 20 comments20142015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 127 mentions; 13 submissions, 114 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 70 mentions; 3 submissions, 67 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 53 mentions; 2 submissions, 51 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 67 mentions; 2 submissions, 65 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 59 mentions; 4 submissions, 55 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 76 mentions; 3 submissions, 73 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 85 mentions; 5 submissions, 80 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 92 mentions; 7 submissions, 85 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 99 mentions; 9 submissions, 90 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 52 mentions; 3 submissions, 49 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 45 mentions; 2 submissions, 43 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 26 mentions; 0 submissions, 26 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC24420
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC12713114
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC70367
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC53251
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC67265
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC59455
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC76373
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC85580
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC92785
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC99990
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC52349
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC45243
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC26026

From the project README

An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 12, 2026.

Read the project’s introduction
uBlock Origin (uBO) Browser Install from ... Status Firefox Add-ons uBO works best on Firefox Edge Add-ons "Moving the Microsoft Edge extensions ecosystem forward with Manifest Version 3": "Beginning in August 2026, Microsoft Edge will start the consumer transition away from Manifest Version 2 (MV2) extensions and toward MV3. Our goal is to complete the consumer transition by the end of 2026, with enterprise deprecation following in early 2027." Opera Add-ons Removed "Manifest V2 support timeline": "Aug 31st 2026: All remaining Manifest V2 extensions removed from the Chrome Web Store" About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" Thunderbird Add-ons No longer updated and stuck at 1.49.2. Later versions require "GitHub - Releases". GitHub - Releases Stable and development versions on Firefox, Chromium MV2, and Thunderbird. Must be placed manually into web browsers; the Chromium and Thunderbird versions usually won't auto-update. Related: uBlock Origin Lite uBlock Origin (uBO) is a CPU and memory-efficient wide-spectrum content blocker for Chromium and Firefox. It blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, annoying anti-blockers, malware sites, etc., by default using EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe's Blocklist, Online Malicious URL Blocklist, and uBO filter lists. There are many other lists available to block even more. Hosts files are also supported. uBO uses the EasyList filter syntax and extends the syntax to work with custom rules and filters. You may easily unselect any preselected filter lists if you think uBO blocks too much. For reference, Adblock Plus installs with only EasyList, ABP filters, and Acceptable Ads enabled by default. It is important to note that using a blocker is NOT theft. Do not fall for this creepy idea. The ultimate logical consequence of blocking = theft is the criminalization of the inalienable right to privacy. Ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portion of the privacy-invading means entering your browser when you visit most sites. uBO's primary goal is to help users neutralize these privacy-invading methods in a way that welcomes those users who do not wish to use more technical means. Documentation Installation Firefox Chromium Thunderbird All Programs Enterprise Deployment Release History Translations About Documentation Basic Mode Advanced Mode The simple popup user interface for an install-it-and-forget-it type of installation that is configured optimally by default. The advanced popup user interface includes a point-and-click firewall that is configurable on a per-site basis. Visit the Wiki for documentation. For support, questions, or help, visit /r/uBlockOrigin. Installation Required Permissions Firefox Firefox Add-ons Development Builds uBO works best on Firefox and is available for desktop and Android versions. Chromium Chrome Web Store: Removed on 2026-08-31 Microsoft Edge Add-ons (Published by Nicole Rolls until version 1.62. Ownership transfer at version 1.64.) Opera Add-ons uBO should be compatible with any Chromium-based browser. Thunderbird Thunderbird Add-ons In Thunderbird, uBlock Origin does not affect emails, just feeds. All Programs Do NOT use uBO with any other content blocker. uBO performs as well as or better than most popular blockers. Other blockers can prevent uBO's privacy or anti-blocker-defusing features from working correctly. Manual Installation Enterprise Deployment Deploying uBO Release History Releases Page Translations Help translate uBO via Crowdin. About Manifesto Privacy Policy GPLv3 License Free. Open-source. For users by users. No donations sought. If you ever want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which are available to use by all for free.
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What Hacker News says

45 sources
vunderba·Sep 24, 2025
Strong agree but unless it gets built-into the browser, the average net denizen simply won't do it. The number of times I've seen a friend of the family try to show me an article on their laptop while casually trying to shoot down the pop-up ads like they're playing a marketers version of Missile Command was astonishing. And EVEN if they do install a blocker, 9 times out of 10 it'll be AdBlock Plus and not uBlock Origin [1]. You know, the one that allows companies to PAY to have their ads whitelisted. This doesn't even cover browsing on a smartphone which unless you're running Android Firefox which supports browser extensions, you have very few options. [1] Notice I said uBlock Origin and NOT uBlock. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
In Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image
vogu66·Sep 19, 2025
I mean... on the one hand, more people getting in the field may (or may not, I didn't measure) mean less people whose vocation is software. On the other hand, if that can cheer someone up... * https://ladybird.org/ * https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock * Zig rebuilt a C compiler from scratch https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-as-a-c-and-c-compiler/10963 * Rust rebuilt the core nix utilities from scratch https://github.com/uutils/coreutils I've heard a bunch of people making their own OS from scratch just to see how it works, heck there are guides online (https://github.com/cfenollosa/os-tutorial ... 30k stars...) So... Cheer up ! If people are building all that, I'm sure innovation and creativity are at least not dead everywhere.
In A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity
neilv·Sep 9, 2025
> No adblocker detected. Consider using an extension like uBlock Origin to save time and bandwidth. And attention and privacy. This notice is a great idea. I might remove the "like" from the notice, since "uBlock Origin" is good, but some others are questionable or even outright malware. BTW, note that the `ublockorigin.com` Web site that is linked to isn't by Raymond Hill, leader of uBlock Origin. It looks well-intended, and is nicely polished UX, but good practice would be to be careful (since it doesn't appear to be under Hill's control, and is an additional point of potential compromise in what would be very valuable malware). Hill seems to operate from <https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>. One link that isn't too bad to view <https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/README.md>. Another that isn't great but OK is <https://gith
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ub.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki>.
In No adblocker detected
schiffern·Aug 31, 2025
uMatrix can be (somewhat) replicated by setting up uBlock Origin with multiple modes and configuring the "Relax Blocking Mode" hotkey. So for instance you can start with an extremely restrictive mode like noJS/3rd-party/images, then with each time pressing the hotkey it relaxes to noJS/3rd-party, and then noJS/embeds, then no embeds, then full access (ie like uBO comes configured out-of-the-box). https://github.com/gorilla/ublock/wiki/Keyboard-shortcuts https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-settings#blo... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode You still need a solution for cookies (eg CookieBro), and I still long for an "expanded expanded" mode on uBO's menu that reveals uMatrix columns, but this might help replace some of your use cases that currently require uMatrix.
In Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy
user070223·Aug 20, 2025
uMatrix is archived and I think uBlockOrigin is now advised to use(which incorporate uMatrix by enabling advanced settings) For those who want to try blocking more stuff you can enable hard mode and bind relax blocking mode keyboard shortcut I'd recommend also enabling filter lists(I advice yokoffing/filterlists and your region/language) https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...
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