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 uBlock Origin pop-up interface | |
| Original author(s) | Raymond Hill (gorhill) |
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| Developer(s) | Current: Raymond Hill Past: Deathamns, Chris Aljoudi, Alex Vallat[1] |
| Initial release | June 23, 2014[2] |
| Stable release | 1.62.0[3]
/ 1 January 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Predecessor | HTTP Switchboard and uMatrix |
| Available in | 72[4] languages |
| Type | Browser extension |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | github |
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 Firefox and Chromium-based browsers (such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera).[6]
uBlock Origin is actively developed and maintained by its creator and lead developer Raymond Hill and the open source community.[1] As of December 2024[update], the Chrome version of uBlock Origin had over 40 million active users and the Firefox version had over 9 million active users.[7][8]
- ^ a b "Contributors to gorhill/uBlock". GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Changelog for the first versions". GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Release 1.62.0". Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "Completed translations". Crowdin.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ "uBlock Origin: README.md". uBlock GitHub Repository. December 25, 2022 – via GitHub.
pronounced you-block origin (/ˈjuːˌblɒk/)
- ^ "uBlock / README.md". GitHub. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "uBlock Origin Chrome". chrome.google.com. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ "uBlock Origin Firefox". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved December 19, 2024.