About Ad Scrubber
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...
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.
Feb 4, 2016
Version 1.0
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Ad Scrubber since it was posted on our website on 2016-11-04 23:34:35.
The latest version is 1.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 19:42:40. See below the changes in each version.
Ad Scrubber version 1.0
Updated At: 2016-02-04
Ad Scrubber version 1.0
Updated At: 2016-02-04
Changes: Feb 4, 2016
Version 1.0
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
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