About QuietBrowse
QuietBrowse blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners without sending anything about your browsing to a server. There's no account, no analytics and no telemetry. Everything runs on your device.
WHY PEOPLE USE IT
• Cleaner pages: ads, pop-ups and cookie-consent banners are gone.
• See who's watching: the popup lists every tracker on the page by name (Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar and so on).
• Nothing leaves your browser: settings, stats and learned trackers stay in Chrome's local storage and are deleted when you remove the extension.
• Open source (GPL-3.0), so anyone can check what it does.
• Scores 96/100 on adblock-tester.com.
BLOCKING
• EasyList and EasyPrivacy, the same community lists used by uBlock Origin, refreshed automatically every 24 hours.
• 12,000+ network rules and 29,000+ cosmetic selectors that hide leftover ad boxes.
• Tracker learning: spots third-party domains that follow you across sites and lets you review or auto-block them, all on-device.
• CNAME uncloaking: catches trackers disguised as part of the site you're on.
• Cookie-banner rejection that only touches consent pop-ups.
• Tracking-parameter stripping (utm_*, fbclid, gclid and similar) before the page loads.
• YouTube video ads removed before playback starts.
• Optional extra lists (Fanboy Annoyance, Fanboy Social, EasyList Cookie, regional) and your own custom lists.
AT A GLANCE
• Toolbar badge counting blocked requests per tab.
• A trust score for each site (Excellent / Good / Caution / Danger) based on tracker density, connection security and phishing signals.
EXTRA SAFETY (best-effort, not antivirus)
• Password shield: copying from a password field puts random text on the clipboard instead of your password.
• Phishing warnings for lookalike domains (paypa1.com), brand names in subdomains, character spoofing, raw IP addresses and unencrypted login forms.
• Download guard: cancels double-extension tricks like invoice.pdf.exe. File contents aren't scanned, so keep your antivirus running.
YOU'RE IN CONTROL
• Per-site modes: full protection, allow ads (trackers still blocked), or pause.
• "Fix this site": one click pauses QuietBrowse on a site that breaks.
• Element zapper: right-click anything to hide it for good.
• Every feature can be switched on or off on its own.
PRIVACY
QuietBrowse doesn't collect, transmit or sell your browsing data.
Privacy policy: https://ansh0079.github.io/shieldwall/privacy.html
Source code: https://github.com/ansh0079/shieldwall
Built by one developer. If something breaks or you have an idea, use the support link or email ansh0079@gmail.com.
ATTRIBUTION AND NOTES
Network and cosmetic rules derive from EasyList and EasyPrivacy (easylist.to), © EasyList authors, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 and GPL-3.0. QuietBrowse source code is GPL-3.0.
QuietBrowse isn't affiliated with Microsoft Defender, Windows Defender or any antivirus vendor. The phishing and download features are heuristic and don't replace antivirus software.
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