# gorhill/httpswitchboard

Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.

Repository: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/httpswitchboard
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2015-05-12T21:16:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4733, "days_push": 4131, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1330, forks 85 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:24.067245+00:00)

## What it is
HTTP Switchboard is a Chromium browser extension that lets users point-and-click whitelist or blacklist network requests per domain and request type. It is no longer developed and was superseded by uBlock Origin and uMatrix.

## Use cases
- block scripts and iframes per domain
- block ads and facebook trackers in the browser
- whitelist or blacklist requests by type and destination
- control which third-party requests a web page can make

## When to choose
- you need a point-and-click per-domain request matrix for a legacy Chromium browser

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained extension - use uBlock Origin or uMatrix instead
- you need support for modern browser APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, privacy, middleware
- domain: privacy, browser-extensions, security
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: request-blocking, ad-blocking, whitelist, chromium-extension, content-blocker

## Member repositories
- gorhill/httpswitchboard (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.067245+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:45:31.656554+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.067245+00:00, sha 3c99d8e8c384)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.