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Destroyed uBlock vs. uBlock Origin: Facts (markdown)
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#### uBlock is the main branch, uBlock Origin is just bug fixes
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Instance: _"If you're currently using uBlock Origin, you're welcome to move over to the **main uBlock project**"_ ([ublock.org's FAQ](https://www.ublock.org/faq/)).
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Completely false.
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Compare release history of both projects:
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- [uBlock](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases)
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- [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases)
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Summary ([as per Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock)):
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| uBlock | uBlock Origin |
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| | manual editing of per-site switches |
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| | [per-site cosmetic filtering switch](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Quick-guide:-popup-user-interface#no-cosmetic-filtering) |
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| [cosmetic filtering thru Inspector (FF)](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1211#issuecomment-91652206) | |
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| [UI changes](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases/tag/0.9.3.5) (reskin) | |
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| [elimination of font based icons](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1181) | |
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| [~~per-site switches~~](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1306) ([removed](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/fa3666f85d7dddfc274f6f27d20c6787d8bc43b8#diff-305c2fdde2804d752c9bfde050f38df9)) | |
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| [~~strict blocking~~](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1306) ([removed](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/fa3666f85d7dddfc274f6f27d20c6787d8bc43b8#diff-6e66de32e163ae59682ad852a7ca3762)) | |
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| | [color-blind mode](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/467#issuecomment-95177219) |
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| | [unified logger](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger) |
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| | cosmetic filters in request logger |
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| [toolbar support for legacy Firefox](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/pull/1321) | |
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| [inline-script blocking for Safari](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/82118cb075732549289d3accb8cf3ea6d9f9d9fc) | |
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| cosmetic filters in request logger | |
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| | [dynamic URL filtering](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-URL-filtering) |
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| [network filtering thru Inspector (FF)](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/pull/1324) |
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| | [privacy: block browser pre-fetching](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#disable-pre-fetching) |
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| | [privacy: block hyperlink auditing/beacon](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#disable-hyperlink-auditingbeacon) |
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| | [create static filters thru logger](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger#static-network-filters) |
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| | [per-site switch to disable remote fonts](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Quick-guide:-popup-user-interface#no-remote-fonts) |
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| | [filter list identification for static filters](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/The-logger#finding-from-which-lists-a-static-filter-originates) |
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| | [toolbar support for legacy Firefox](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/264) |
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| | [privacy: prevent local IP address leak through WebRTC](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings#prevent-webrtc-from-leaking-local-ip-address) |
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| | [DOM inspector](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.0.0.0) |
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| | [cloud storage support](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Cloud-storage) |
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| | [inline script tag filtering](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-filtering) |
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Bug/issue fixing is as important -- if not more -- as adding useful features, especially for a project which represents itself as being under active development.
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Reported [issues have been, and continue to fixed in uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+sort%3Aupdated-desc).
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As of writing (2015-08-28), uBlock development has been essentially stalled for months now, and this includes [bug fixing](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+sort%3Aupdated-desc) (despite the maintainer's claim that the _"uBlock team works to develop and design uBlock"_ on his [donation page](https://donorbox.org/ublock)).
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***
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#### "uBlock Origin is more efficient than uBlock" or "uBlock is more efficient than uBlock Origin"
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Nonsense.
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What makes uBlock efficient is the core filtering engine, which is composed of many parts. The filtering engine was mature at the time of the fork, and aside [some refactoring in uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/2234933b82d1c17af42ba574b6515937c7515029#diff-522a16ddeed280252d7c3a351261b441) to fix [issue #58](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/58) and [issue #59](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/59), the core filtering engine is essentially the same in both branches, i.e. virtually same performance.
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**Update** (2015-08-28): static filtering engine is further diverging with fix to [_"Suggestion - list which content is blocked"_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/58) and [_"Problem on Yahoo Search Pages"_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/621).
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**Update** (2015-10-15): cosmetic filtering engine further diverging with fixes to [_"Logger does not report [style=...]"_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/435) and [_"Revisit cosmetic filtering's `FilterPlain` implementation"_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/711).
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***
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#### Chris Aljoudi is "the creator of uBlock"
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Instances: [here](https://twitter.com/thenickde/status/614503721590898688).
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Completely false.
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[Chris Aljoudi](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi) was [one of the lesser contributors](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors) when he was handed over **maintainership** on April 1st:
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Before being handed over **maintainership**, he was taking care to further develop the Safari port of uBlock, which was first [brought entirely](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/master/platform/safari?page=3) to [life originally](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/98464a56fe4fa2a28372018640d648a1f772ea36/meta/safariextz) by another developer, [Deathamns](https://github.com/Deathamns).
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Since being handed over the project, his _own_ uBlock work has _mostly_ consisted of [re-skinning uBlock](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases).
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So to call him the "creator of uBlock" is a quite low blow to those who actually did all the real hard work to make uBlock what it is today.
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#### "Raymond Hill [left] the project only to come back about a week later"
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Instances: [here](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2284427).
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Completely false.
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I handed over **maintainership**, upon which I _immediately_ created a fork of my own project so that I could continue to work in a more quiet environment -- as my own time had become dedicated to answer spurious issues on GitHub.
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See my [commit history](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/master): at no point did I stop working on uBlock. And as far as I am concerned, this worked, as I finally could immediately find the time to do actual code and work to finally resolve [long](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/58) [standing](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/68) [issues](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/308), while bringing in new features. See [release history](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases) for details (the fork occurred right before 0.9.3.0).
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#### uBlock Origin "is more chrome focused"
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Instances: [here](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/reviews/722444/) [I've seen more, will add them]
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Completely false.
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I don't shy away at [working on the Firefox code base](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/master/platform/firefox) (including refactoring where needed):
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- [987a8d2b644ea445a0d64e78d7c2ab9c4d5da989](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/987a8d2b644ea445a0d64e78d7c2ab9c4d5da989)
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- [b084d796b50a4c5f930e5fbf9217a49322687c9e](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/b084d796b50a4c5f930e5fbf9217a49322687c9e), [6470216530548cd3dfecdce7d9aa94816d10d863](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/6470216530548cd3dfecdce7d9aa94816d10d863)
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- [53fc1063f9281ebbe6d5c5c50ef6ba37bb22ffe9](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/53fc1063f9281ebbe6d5c5c50ef6ba37bb22ffe9), [c285ace7d84115fdcac3e2b6009a481e4dc34b91](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/c285ace7d84115fdcac3e2b6009a481e4dc34b91)
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- [d41408ebbc8b14b77effaa40254a280c42390a3e](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/d41408ebbc8b14b77effaa40254a280c42390a3e)
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