Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with filtering capabilities for improving privacy, controlling access, modifying web content and HTTP headers, and blocking unwanted material.
Its flexible actions system lets users apply different behaviour to individual sites and URLs. Privoxy can filter page content, manage cookies, manipulate headers and remove advertisements and other unwanted elements.
HTTPS inspection extends filtering to encrypted requests and responses. Privoxy can also operate as an intercepting proxy or be chained with other proxies.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Ad blocking and web page content filtering.
- Cookie management and privacy-oriented header manipulation.
- HTTPS inspection for filtering encrypted requests and responses.
- Per-site and per-URL actions controlling filtering behaviour.
- Intercepting proxy operation without individual browser configuration.
- Support for IPv6 and persistent connections.
- Client and server header tagging and filtering.
- Can be chained with other proxies.
- Browser-based configuration, rule tracing and control interface.
- Perl Compatible Regular Expressions for flexible matching and content modification.
- Separate default and user configuration files to preserve local customisations during updates.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: www.privoxy.org
Support:
Developer: Fabian Keil (lead developer), David Schmidt, and many other contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Privoxy is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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