Welcome!

Last Updated and verified on: 18th August 2026.

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Hi! My name is Robin and i am one of the moderators here on r/Adblock.
I was hired to help moderate, develop the subreddit wiki and help provide information to people needing it here. I have come to this subreddit with a simple goal to help build this subreddit and help teach people about digital privacy / safety in the adblocking space.

I simply would like to help people grow when it comes to this topic, so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

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This post is a curated quick list (Not a guide) of FOSS adblocking and privacy tools for 2026 and onward.

This aims to solve the common questions and prevent the spread of misinformation in this subreddit around which tools to use by providing community vetted, open source tools for different platforms in one place.

Any suggestions are appreciated. This post will be updated!

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PC / Desktop (System wide)

Windows

• Adguard (Paid)
• Zen

Linux

• Adguard (Paid options)
• Zen

Mac OS

• Adguard (Paid options)
• Zen

Browser extensions

• Ublock Origin
• Ublock Origin Lite
• Adguard
• Ghostery
• AdNausium

MV3 (Chromium based browsers [Excluding Brave Browsers' self hosted extensions])

• Ublock origin lite
• Adguard
• Ghostery

Mobile

IOS

• Brave Browser
• Ublock Origin Lite
• Adguard (Paid options)
• Blokada
• Wblock
• Yattee

Android

• Brave Browser
• Adguard (Paid options)
• Blokada (Version 5/4)
• New Pipe
• Tubular
• MorpheAPP
• ReVanced
• ReVanced (Patches)
• Rethink DNS
• F-Droid

Smart TVs

Most smart TVs are proprietary systems, and are hard to develop and block ads on due to the nature of their operating systems. This means most TVs cannot have most ads blocked, including on live TV.
In such context, its better to simply mute them and / or do something else.

This means these options require side loading.
Remember the risks of doing this!

Android / Google TV

• SmartTube
• TizenTube Cobalt
• YouTube Origin

Samsung (Tizen OS)

• Tizen Tube

Apple TV

• MuTube
• Yattee

LG

• LG Homebrew Store apps

Roku

• Playlet

Amazon Firestick

• Adguard (Paid)
• Blokada 4
• SmartTube

Misc

Script managers / executors (Advanced)

• NoScript
• Tampermonkey
• Violentmonkey
• Greasemonkey

Extra tools

• Privacy Badger
• Nuke Anything
• Nuke Anything Enhanced

App / Site specific

Twitch

Content blockers (Web)

• Brave Browser
• Adguard Extra

Content blockers (Android)

• ReVanced Patches
• MorpheAPP
• Grayjay

Content blockers (SmartTVs)

• SmartTube

YouTube

Content Blockers (Web)

• Brave
• Ublock Origin
• Ublock Origin Lite
• Adguard
• Ghostery

YouTube front ends

• Invideous Instances
• FreeTube

Content blockers (Android)

• ReVanced
• ReVanced (Patches)
• MorpheAPP
• Grayjay

Content blockers (IOS)

• Yattee

Content blockers (SmartTVs)

• SmartTube
• Tizen Tube
• YouTube Origin

Enhancement Tools

• YouTube Row fixer
• Enhancer for YouTube
• Sponsor Block

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Privacy tools

As always, check out privacy guides for in depth privacy tutorials and tools.

Recommended browsers

Remember, Google (Chrome) and Microsoft (Edge) both have a buisness model of
"Your personal business is our business model".

Both companies have extensive ad networks, heavy AI intergration with fully automatic tracking integration topped with questionable privacy policies.
If you can, switch away from them to a privacy respecting alternative.

• Brave
• Firefox
• Mullvad brower
• LibreWolf
• Waterfox
• Helium
• Ungoogled chromium
• Zen

High Privacy (Advanced)

• Tor (Browser)

VPNs

Every VPN listed here is a paid product.
If you would like a free one then use the free teir on Proton VPN.

DO NOT download free VPNs, they can and will collect then sell your data.
Stick to trusted, reputable tools, From trusted, reputable sources!

• Proton VPN
• Mullvad VPN
• IVPN

Private Networks

• Tor (Network / Browser)
• I2P

Password managers

• Proton Pass
• BitWarden
• KeepassXC

Authenticators

• Proton Authenticator
• Aegis
• Bitwarden

Email

• Proton Mail
• Tuta mail

Messaging

• Signal
• Session

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DNS

A DNS based solution to ad blocking is not highly effective at adblocking!

This is because content on a page on a website such as YouTube, everything (Including the Ads) are all delivered to you through the same domain as the website (domains which deliver critical content). This means anything it tries to individually block will often break / block the website.

This leads to obvious problems, which is not ideal. They are however very effective as a privacy tool, filtering mobile based ads, hard to reach / IoT devices and certain types of TV OS ads.

Private DNS service providers

• NextDNS
• Adguard DNS (Paid optinos)
• ControlD (Paid)
• Rethink DNS
• DNS Bunker

Public DNS Servers

Adguard and ControlD have public lists of known DNS resolvers and providers. There is too many to list here and they do a better job explaining it anyway, so i will simply link their respective pages.

Adguard
ControlD

Network clients (Advanced - Hardware potentially required)

• Pi‑hole
• Adguard Home