🧩 Adblocking / Extensions / Bypassers
Adblocking / Recommended Extensions / Redirect and paywall bypassers.
Adblocking
Adblock testers:
⭐ CanYouBlockIt: Manual adblock tester.
ADBlockTester: Automatic adblock tester.
D3ward: Automatic adblock tester.
Adblockers for Android:
- ⭐ AdGuard Premium: System-wide adblocker.
Note:
- For Adguard to block ads better you need to edit some of the setting. To do this go to
Settings > Filtering > Filtersand enable all of the Ad filters, the first 6 privacy filters, all of the annoyance filters and if you want enable some language-specific filters. - Don't enable HTTPS filtering, it stops some sites from loading.
⭐ AdAway: Open-source system-wide adblocker.
⭐ uBlock Origin: Firefox Mobile / Kiwi Browser & Other Chromium browsers that support extentions / Adblockers for browsers (not system-wide)
⭐ RethinkDNS: DNS service, with an app (Android). Has many filters to choose from, including adblocking filters / Blocklists (If you're using the app, configure the blocklists from there instead).
⭐ DNSWarden: DNS service with many filters to choose from, including adblockers.
Cromite: A browser with adblocking filters.
Adblocking for iOS:
↪️ System-wide adblocking guide: A guide made by MediaSavvy that explains how you can block most ads system-wide on iOS & iPadOS.
⭐ Orion: Browser that supports adding Firefox and Chromium extensions, including adblockers.
1Blocker: Adblocking extension for Safari.
Adguard: Adblocking extension for Safari / Adguard Pro
Adblockers for browsers (PC):
Note:
Only install one adblocker, using multiple adblockers can reduce their effectiveness and trigger anti-adblock. Using extensions like Sponsorblock is still fine.
Chrome is disabling adblockers.
Once Google introduces Manifiest V3 adblockers like uBlock Origin and many other extensions will be ruined and won't work anymore. Once this happens it's best just to switch to Firefox or a Firefox based browser.
⭐ SponsorBlock: Skip sponsored Youtube ads.
⭐ OpenVideo: Play videos in an ad-free player.
⭐ Adguard Extra: AdGuard Extra is designed to solve complicated cases when regular ad blocking rules aren't enough.
Adblocking Filter Lists
FilterLists: A database with a huge list of filter lists (some good, some bad).
Bypassers
Redirect Bypassers
Article Paywall Bypassers
↪️ Bypass Paywall Guide: A guide by MediaSavvy which explains how you can bypass basically all paywalled articles without using 3rd party tools.
⭐ Bypass Paywalls Clean: Browser extension.
⭐ Archive.today: Archived articles.
⭐ Freedium, ReadMedium: Bypass Medium paywalls.
⭐ Wallabag: Save articles and read them later offline.
Extensions (Firefox & Chromium compatible)
⭐ Violentmonkey: Run userscripts
⭐ Dark Reader: Force dark mode on websites that don't support it.
⭐ Redirector: Redirect websites.
⭐ Stylus: Customize the looks of websites.
⭐ Zoom WE: Improves the zoom funcionality.
⭐ ScrollAnywhere: Improves the scrolling funcionality.
⭐ BrowserBoost: Adds more features and improvments.
⭐ TWP: Translate pages in realtime
⭐ SponsorBlock: Skip Youtube sponsored ads.
User-agent switcher: Switch your browsers user-agent.
Grammarly: Grammar and spell checker.
Cookie Editor: Edit cookies.
Faststream: Reduces buffering when watching videos.
Easy Screenshot: Take whole page screenshots.
Allow right click: Force allow right clicking on websites that don't allow it.
Firefox Only Extensions:
⭐ Mozilla Addons: Firefox addons.
⭐ Firefox Containers: Seperate Firefox Sessions.
⭐ FoxyTab: Tab improvements.
⭐ PWAs: Install progressive web apps.
Firefox Color: Make custom themes for Firefox.
Chrome Only Extensions:
⭐ Foxified: Use Firefox extensions in Chrome.
WebCRX: Install CRX files easily.
Smooth Key Scroll: Makes scrolling smoother.