Description
Ad Scrubber is an open-source content filtering application for Safari that blocks third-party scripts and more than 25,000 websites that have been identified as serving ads or malware. Ad Scrubber can also be used as a platform for implementing custom content-filtering rules. The application is written in Swift as a ContentBlocker Extension and supports custom content-blocking lists in either of two formats: hosts file format or WebKit Content Blocker JSON format. Hosts files Hosts files with lists of ad and malware-serving websites have long been used to optimize the browsing experience on laptops and desktops. Ad Scrubber leverages Safari's Content Blocker functionality to now allow use of such lists on Apple mobile devices. Ad Scrubber's built-in list comes from Steven Black's "amalgamated hosts file" at https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts. When using hosts files (the built-in list or a downloaded hosts file), Ad Scrubber will always block third-party scripts. Note that when loading hosts files Safari may not implement very large rule sets. Content Blocker JSON files In addition to hosts files, Ad Scrubber can load rules in Content Blocker JSON format (see: https://webkit.org/blog/3476/content-blockers-first-look/). When Content Blocker rules are loaded by Ad Scrubber the rules are presented to Safari as they are received (i.e. no rule to block third-party scripts is added, as Ad Scrubber does with hosts files). Note that when loading Content Blocker rules, Safari may not implement very large or complex rule sets.
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works well, open source
what more can you ask for? thank you to the developer!
wraith0123Sun, Jun 10, 2018
United States
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Bundle Id
com.refabricants.AdScrubberMin Os. Version
9.2Release Date
Thu, Feb 4, 2016Update Date
Thu, Feb 4, 2016Content Rating
Has IMessage
NoSupport Watch
NoSupport Siri
NoFile Size
7.07MBHas Game Center
NoFamily Sharing
NoSupport Passbook
NoSupported Languages
EnglishWhat's New
version
1.0updated
8 years agoThis update is signed with Apple’s latest signing certificate. No new features are included.
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