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• About the Wiki documentation
• Change log / Pre-fork: 0.8.2.1 - 0.2.0.0 / Pre-fork: 0.1.4.8 and less
• Permissions
  • Can you trust uBlock Origin?
• Privacy policy
  • Why don't you accept donations?
• Install from:
  • Firefox Add-ons ↗︎
  • Chrome Web Store ↗︎
  • Microsoft Edge Add-ons ↗︎
  • Opera Add-ons ↗︎
  • Thunderbird Add-ons ↗︎
  • Downloaded package
  • Source (for developers)
  • uBlock Origin Core (Node.js)
  • About Safari, Canary, Tor and Kiwi support
  • About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported"
• The toolbar icon
• The popup user interface
  • The per-site switches
• The context menu
• Dashboard
  • Settings pane
    • Cloud storage
    • Advanced user features
      • Advanced settings
  • Filter lists pane
  • My filters pane
    • Static filter syntax
      • Procedural cosmetic filters
      • Resources Library
  • My rules pane
    • Dynamic filtering
      • Quick guide
      • Rule syntax
      • Rule precedence
      • Blocking mode
    • Dynamic URL filtering
  • Trusted sites pane
    • How to mark a web site as trusted
  • Keyboard shortcuts
• The logger
  • DOM inspector
• Element picker
• Element zapper
• Blocking mode
  • Very easy mode
  • Easy mode (default)
    • Easy mode + more privacy
    • Easy mode + enhanced security/privacy
  • Medium mode (optimal for advanced users)
  • Hard mode
  • Nightmare mode
• Strict blocking
  • Badware risks
• Few words about re-design of uBO's user interface
• Reference answers to various topics seen in the wild
• Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
  • Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine: details
  • Does uBlock Origin block ads or just hide them?
  • Doesn't uBlock Origin add overhead to page load?
  • About "Why uBlock Origin works so much better than Pi‑hole does?"
• uBlock's blocking and protection effectiveness:
  • uBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares
  • About "This other extension reports more stuff blocked!"
  • About "uBlock is inferior in capabilities as a result of being lighter on the browser"
  • Does uBlock protect against fingerprinting?
  • Does uBlock have parental control or password protection?
• uBlock's resource usage and efficiency:
  • Memory footprint: what happens inside uBlock after installation
  • uBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared
  • Counterpoint: Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB RAM and|or a quad core CPU
  • Debunking "uBlock Origin is less efficient than Adguard" claims
  • Myth: uBlock consumes over 80MB
  • Myth: uBlock is just slightly less resource intensive than Adblock Plus
  • Myth: uBlock consumes several or several dozen GB of RAM
  • Various videos showing side by side comparison of the load speed of complex sites
  • Own memory usage: benchmarks over time
  • Contributed memory usage: benchmarks over time
  • Can uBO crash a browser?
• Tools, tests
• Deploying uBlock Origin
• Proposal for integration/unit testing
• uBlock Origin Core (Node.js):
  • Split out uBO core functionality into separate module
• Troubleshooting:
  • Privileged Pages
  • Software known to have uninstalled uBlock Origin
  • The removed element reappears when you reload the page
  • Read carefully if using uBO/webext on legacy Firefox
• Good external guides:
  • How to use uBlock Origin advanced user mode tutorial ↗︎
  • Firefox: uBlock Origin – Firefox-Kompendium Teil2 ↗︎
  • Beginners Cheat Sheet - "Syntax Meanings That Are Actually Human Readable" ↗︎
• Scientific papers

Unsorted topics:

• Privacy stuff
• Tricks and tips waterfall
• How to ...
• Counterpoints: unsorted
• Reference description of uBO in various extensions stores
• Draft version of this wiki
• uBO's unofficial websites