Barre/privaxy
Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic. Also check out my new project, https://github.com/Barre/ZeroFS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1578
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 775
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2530 stars · 123 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Privaxy is a MITM HTTP(S) proxy written in Rust that blocks ads and trackers at the network level, supporting Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin filter syntax. It includes a web GUI with statistics and a live request explorer, and can filter any HTTP traffic, not just browser traffic.
Use cases
- block ads and trackers network-wide
- self-hosted ad blocker proxy
- block ads without browser extensions
- filter HTTP traffic for any application
- run an adblock proxy on a small server or VM
- alternative to Pi-hole with URL-level filtering
When to choose
- you want ad/tracker blocking outside the browser for all HTTP clients
- you need URL-level filtering more precise than DNS-based blockers like Pi-hole
- you want low memory usage and high throughput on modest hardware
- you want to inject scripts or styles into pages like uBlock scriptlets
When to avoid
- you only need per-browser blocking and prefer a simple extension like uBlock Origin
- you cannot or do not want to trust a MITM proxy with TLS traffic
- you need to block non-HTTP protocols or encrypted traffic you won't terminate
Facets
service · maturity active
proxy security privacy http-server web-scraping privacy security networking self-hosted web-development windows cross-platform self-hosted rust adblocker mitm-proxy tracker-blocking easylist adblock-filters http-proxy linux macos
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Barre/privaxy · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7e46b997b9fa
- homepage: https://www.zerofs.net/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 78b79a93b65b
- site_page: https://www.zerofs.net/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 10d6024cdac6
- site_page: https://www.zerofs.net/docs/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · b6dc08b353cb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Barre/privaxy | main | 23 |
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