# 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

Repository: https://github.com/Barre/privaxy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privaxy
Homepage: https://www.zerofs.net/
Language: Rust
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: adblock, adblocking, http-proxy, mitm, proxy, servers, adblocker, ad-blocker, blocker, blocker-proxy
Last push: 2024-07-19T05:56:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1578, "days_push": 775, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2530, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.815289+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, security, privacy, http-server, web-scraping
- domain: privacy, security, networking, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted, rust
- tags: adblocker, mitm-proxy, tracker-blocking, easylist, adblock-filters, http-proxy, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Barre/privaxy (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.815289+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 2026-08-30T02:25:20.651492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Barre/privaxy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.815289+00:00, sha 7e46b997b9fa)
  - homepage: https://www.zerofs.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:38.599503+00:00, sha 78b79a93b65b)
  - site_page: https://www.zerofs.net/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:38.608575+00:00, sha 10d6024cdac6)
  - site_page: https://www.zerofs.net/docs/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:38.610417+00:00, sha b6dc08b353cb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.