Very Good AdBlock

What Very Good AdBlock is

Very Good AdBlock is a free, open-source blocker available as a browser extension and on iOS, macOS, and Windows. The extension uses Manifest V3 declarative rules to block ads, trackers, and annoyance hosts across more than 14,000 hosts. It can hide cookie banners as an optional feature and blocks abusive pop-up and pop-under calls while allowing windows opened by genuine clicks, including sign-in windows. For YouTube, it removes ad instructions before the player schedules them and offers skip assistance for ads that get through. On Twitch, it detects server-stitched stream ads and hides ad-only feedback controls without covering the live player. Users can pause protection per site and manage allowlists and blocklists. A dashboard shows blocking counts and estimates of data and video time saved; detailed history stays on the device. The extension makes no analytics, telemetry, or phone-home requests, and its privacy policy says it does not collect browsing history. It downloads a public ad and tracker hostname list about once a day without sending information about users or visited pages. The project is MIT licensed and uses one open-source codebase for its supported targets.