# adblock-rust

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/adblock-rust/

8 people recommended adblock-rust in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 8 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%”.

**Verdict:** Open-source Rust ad-blocking engine from Brave, praised as solid and easy to reuse. Critics say it shows little gain over uBlock Origin and some ads still get through.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 7 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Built into browsers (2 comments in the sample): "It is better (especially than the Manifest V3 version) because it has first party access / integration." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514961)) "Use anything with built-in adblock-rust." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557531))
- Solid, well-maintained engine (2 comments in the sample): "it is a very good sign that developers are taking care of it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510015)) "Brave built a solid engine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47902459))
- Written in Rust, easy to share (2 comments in the sample): "A real shame that it took a browser company other than Mozilla to make (In Rust no less!) adblock-rust." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47898383)) "a neat example of open source and the ease of sharing lbraries in Rust" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46506031))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "adblock-rust", https://hackerapproved.com/p/adblock-rust/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.