wBlock is a powerful content blocker for macOS that cuts through the noise, delivering a clean and private browsing experience without the hassle. Using AdGuard's filters and more, wBlock gives you the best of all worlds: high performance and maximum blocking.
- 🚀 Lightning-fast: Optimized for performance (~40 MB of RAM at idle)
- 🛡️ Comprehensive protection: Blocks ads, trackers, and malware
- 🔄 Always up-to-date: One-click filter list updates (auto-updater coming soon!)
- 🎉 AdGuard Filters: Uses the best and most recent, as well as other third-party filter lists
- Script injection for YouTube ads and more
- Intuitive category-based filter management
- Individual filter list toggling
- Automatic updates for both app and filter lists
- Detailed logging for troubleshooting
- Missing filter detection and easy installation
Benchmark Results
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Download the latest release from here.
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Drag wBlock to your Applications folder.
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Open wBlock.
If Gatekeeper blocks the app:
- Go to System Preferences > Privacy & Security
- Scroll down and click "Open Anyway"
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Enable wBlock in Safari:
- Open Safari > Preferences > Extensions
- Check both "wBlock Filters" and "wBlock Scripts"
- Under "wBlock Scripts," make sure to "Allow on all websites..."
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Enjoy a cleaner web!
- macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later - earlier OS support coming soon
wBlock is a free, open-source project dedicated to improving your browsing experience. If you find it valuable, consider supporting its developer and ongoing development (funded through the "About This Hack" page):
@arjpar for helping out a bunch, especially with scripts.
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