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Irbis Zen

Zen is an open-source system-wide ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It works by setting up a proxy that intercepts HTTP requests from all applications, and blocks those serving ads, tracking scripts that monitor your behavior, malware, and other...

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Block Trackers
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  No registration required
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  Portable
  7.  Firewall

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  •  4,227 Stars
  •  143 Forks
  •  14 Open Issues
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Irbis Zen, and it has gotten 19 likes

Irbis Zen was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on and this page was last updated .

Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Sam Lander
1

Great, system-wide ad-blocker. You can use this rather than having something like uBlock on all your browsers, and it protects in other apps as well.

However, when tested, it's not quite as good as uBlock or Brave Shields. While it blocks the ads, often there is just an empty gray box that says advertisement where using only Zen, while with uBlock and Brave Shields, they remove that element to make the page look more clean.

It's also only useful as a stupid simple GUI. You can just add blocklists to DNSCrypt. Having this is redundant.

TheEmperorArt
0

Looks to be a free open-source system-wide ad-blocker similar to Adguard for OS. Would be interesting to compare both of these.

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What is Irbis Zen?

Zen is an open-source system-wide ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It works by setting up a proxy that intercepts HTTP requests from all applications, and blocks those serving ads, tracking scripts that monitor your behavior, malware, and other unwanted content. By operating at the system level, Zen can protect against threats that browser extensions cannot, such as trackers embedded in desktop applications and operating system components. Zen comes with many pre-installed filters, but also allows you to easily add hosts files and EasyList-style filters, enabling you to tailor your protection to your specific needs.