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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.

TwitchAdSolutions is an open-source repository that aggregates multiple techniques, scripts, and tools designed to block or bypass advertisements on the Twitch streaming platform. Rather than being a single application, it serves as a curated collection of methods that users can apply depending on their environment, including browser extensions, proxy-based approaches, and custom scripts. The project focuses on maintaining functional workarounds for Twitch’s evolving ad delivery system,...

...A single instance of Privaxy on a small virtual machine, server or even, on the same computer as the traffic is originating from, can filter thousands of requests per second while requiring a very small amount of memory.