# Xeroday/Spotify-Ad-Blocker

EZBlocker - A Spotify Ad Blocker for Windows

Repository: https://github.com/Xeroday/Spotify-Ad-Blocker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spotify-ad-blocker
Homepage: https://www.ericzhang.me/projects/spotify-ad-blocker-ezblocker/
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-04-17T21:55:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4797, "days_push": 1599, "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 1848, forks 202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:43.602518+00:00)

## What it is
EZBlocker is a Windows desktop application written in C# that blocks and mutes advertisements in the Spotify client. It detects ads via window titles, audio sessions, and a patched Chromium Embedded Framework web worker, muting Spotify until the ad ends.

## Use cases
- block ads on spotify without premium
- mute spotify advertisements automatically
- stop spotify audio ads on windows
- suppress spotify banner ads
- listen to spotify without interruptions from ads

## When to choose
- you use the desktop Spotify client on Windows and want a free, open-source ad muter
- you want a portable tool with no installation required

## When to avoid
- you need a supported or actively maintained tool - the project is officially unsupported
- you use macOS or Linux - it is Windows-only
- you want to block video ads entirely - it only mutes them

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, windows, privacy
- platform: windows
- tags: spotify, ad-blocker, ad-muter, csharp, music-streaming, desktop

## Member repositories
- Xeroday/Spotify-Ad-Blocker (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:43.602518+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 2026-08-30T03:17:47.252715+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Xeroday/Spotify-Ad-Blocker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:43.602518+00:00, sha 1cf2fa85f8ae)
  - homepage: https://www.ericzhang.me/projects/spotify-ad-blocker-ezblocker/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:23.416720+00:00, sha cf2566a5967c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.