UBlock Origin

uBlock Origin
Original author(s)Raymond Hill (gorhill)
Developer(s)Current:
Raymond Hill
Past:
Deathamns, Chris Aljoudi, Alex Vallat[1]
Initial releaseJune 23, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-23)[2]
Stable release
1.61.0[3] / 5 November 2024; 2 days ago (5 November 2024)
Repository
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Available in72[4] languages
TypeBrowser extension
LicenseGPLv3
Websitegithub.com/gorhill/uBlock

uBlock Origin (/ˈjuːblɒk/ YOO-blok[5]) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking. The extension is available for Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, Pale Moon, as well as versions of Safari before 13.[6] uBlock Origin has received praise from technology websites and is reported to be much less memory-intensive than other extensions[7][8] with similar functionality.[9][10] uBlock Origin's stated purpose is to give users the means to enforce their own (content-filtering) choices.[11][12]

uBlock Origin is actively developed and maintained by its creator and lead developer Raymond Hill and the open source community.[1] As of October 2024, the Chrome version of uBlock Origin had over 40 million active users and the Firefox version had over 8 million active users.[13][14]

  1. ^ a b "Contributors to gorhill/uBlock". GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Changelog for the first versions". GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Release 1.61.0". Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Completed translations". Crowdin.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "uBlock Origin: README.md". uBlock GitHub Repository. December 25, 2022 – via GitHub. pronounced you-block origin (/ˈjuːˌblɒk/)
  6. ^ "uBlock / README.md". GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. ^ Henry, Alan (January 27, 2015). "uBlock, the Memory-Friendly Ad-Blocker, Is Now Available for Firefox". Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  8. ^ Brinkmann, Martin (October 10, 2014). "How to add custom filters to Chrome ad-blocking extension μBlock". Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  9. ^ Schofield, Jack (January 29, 2015). "Are there any trustworthy sources for downloading software?". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  10. ^ Whitwam, Ryan (February 12, 2015). "μBlock aims to block ads without draining system resources". ExtremeTech.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  11. ^ "uBlock". github.com. GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  12. ^ Gardiner, Michael (November 5, 2015). "Adblock Plus vs. Ghostery vs. Ublock Origin: Not All Adblockers Were Created Equal". International Business Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "uBlock Origin Chrome". chrome.google.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  14. ^ "uBlock Origin Firefox". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved September 3, 2024.