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<table width="100%">
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<a href = "https://chrismatic.io/ublock/">
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/master/doc/img/gh-header.png"
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height="64">
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</a>
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<td align="right" width="20%">
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<a href="https://travis-ci.org/chrisaljoudi/uBlock">
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<img src="https://travis-ci.org/chrisaljoudi/uBlock.svg?branch=master" alt="Build status">
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</a>
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<a href="https://chrismatic.io/donate" info="Support development">
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<img src="https://chrismatic.io/oncedonate.svg"></a>
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<td colspan="2">
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<strong><a href="https://chrismatic.io/ublock/">uBlock</a></strong>: an efficient blocker extension for your browser. Fast, potent, and lean.
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> #### Have your flavor!
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> uBlock comes in two sibling flavors: this project, and [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock).
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> With slightly different feature sets curated for people's unique preferences — but the **same astounding performance.** Both are free, open-source, and share the contributions of many.
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* [What is uBlock?](#what-is-ublock)
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* [Getting Started & Installation](#getting-started)
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* [Performance & Benchmarks](#performance)
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* [Release History](#release-history)
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* [Tips](#tips)
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* [Wiki](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki)
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## What is uBlock?
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uBlock is a general-purpose blocker — not an *ad blocker* specifically.
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uBlock blocks ads through its support of the [Adblock Plus filter syntax](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters). uBlock [extends](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/Filter-syntax-extensions) the syntax and is designed to work with custom rules and filters.
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uBlock's main goal is to help users neutralize privacy-invading apparatus — ads being one example.
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[Feel free to read about uBlock's development philosophy](https://chrismatic.io/ublock/philosophy).
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## Getting started
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[Quick guide for basic usage](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/Quick-guide:-popup-user-interface).
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#### Installation:
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* **Safari**: available to install [from the homepage](https://chrismatic.io/ublock/safari/), or from the [Safari Extension Gallery](https://extensions.apple.com/details/?id=net.gorhill.uBlock-96G4BAKDQ9).
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* **Chrome**: available on the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock/epcnnfbjfcgphgdmggkamkmgojdagdnn) or for [manual](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/tree/master/dist#install) installation.
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* **Opera**: available on the [Opera Store](https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/ublock/).
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* **Firefox**: available on the [Firefox Add-ons homepage](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock/), or for [manual](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases) installation.
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* Due to Mozilla's review process, the version of uBlock available from the Add-ons homepage is currently often outdated. This isn't in our control.
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## Performance
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#### Memory
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<div align="center">
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On average, uBlock <b>really</b> does make your browser run leaner. <sup>[1]</sup><br><br>
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Chromium <sup>[2]</sup><br>
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/mem-usage-overall-chart-20141224.png" /><br><br>
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Firefox<br>
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/mem-usage-overall-chart-20150205.png" /><br><br>
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Safari<br>
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/mem-usage-overall-chart-safari-20150205.png" /><br><br>
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</div>
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<sup>[1] Details of the benchmark available at <a href="https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benchmarking-memory-footprint">Firefox version: benchmarking memory footprint</a>.</sup><br>
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<sup>[2] Important note: There is currently a [bug in Chromium 39+ which causes a new memory leak each time the popup UI of an extension is opened](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=441500). This affects <i>all</i> extensions. Keep this in mind when measuring Chromium's memory usage. In the benchmarks, I avoided opening the popups completely.</sup><br>
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#### CPU
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<p align="center">
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uBlock is also easy on the CPU<br>
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/cpu-usage-overall-chart-20141226.png" /><br>
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<sup>Details of the benchmark available in <a href="https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/blob/master/doc/benchmarks/cpu-usage-overall-20141226.ods">this LibreOffice spreadsheet</a>.</sup>
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</p>
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#### Blocking
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<p align="center">
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Being lean and efficient doesn't mean blocking less<br>
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/privex-201502-16.png" /><br>
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<sup>For details of benchmark, see
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<a href="https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-and-others%3A-Blocking-ads%2C-trackers%2C-malwares">uBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares</a>.
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</p>
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#### Quick tests
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- [Index](http://raymondhill.net/ublock/tests.html)
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- [Web page components](http://raymondhill.net/ublock/tiles1.html)
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- [Popups](http://raymondhill.net/ublock/popup.html)
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## Release History
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See the [releases pages](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases) for a history of releases and highlights for each release.
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## Tips
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* **To benefit from uBlock's higher efficiency,** it's advised that you don't use other inefficient blockers at the same time (such as AdBlock or Adblock Plus). uBlock will do [as well or better](#blocking) than most popular ad blockers.
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* It's important to note that blocking ads [is *not* theft](https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/518154828166725632). Don't fall for this creepy idea. The _ultimate_ logical consequence of `blocking = theft` is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.
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* _EasyList_, _Peter Lowe's Adservers_, _EasyPrivacy_ and _Malware domains_ are enabled by default when you install uBlock. Many more lists are readily available to block trackers, analytics, and more. Hosts files are also supported.
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* Once you install uBlock, you can easily un-select any of the pre-selected filter lists if you think uBlock blocks too much. For reference, Adblock Plus installs with only _EasyList_ enabled by default.
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* Feel free to read [about the extension's required permissions](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/About-the-required-permissions).
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## About
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[uBlock's manifesto](MANIFESTO.md).
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Free. Open source. For users by users.
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If uBlock is useful to you, [donations to support development are much appreciated](https://chrismatic.io/ublock/).
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uBlock is made useful because of the filter lists it utilizes. We deeply appreciate
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the people working hard to maintain the filter lists we're using,
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which were made available to use by all for free.
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## License
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[GPLv3](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).
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