adblock-rust
Hacker ApprovedAd blocking engine in Privacy & security
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Built into browsers
“It is better (especially than the Manifest V3 version) because it has first party access / integration.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%” “Use anything with built-in adblock-rust.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers” Solid, well-maintained engine
“it is a very good sign that developers are taking care of it”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%” “Brave built a solid engine”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine” Written in Rust, easy to share
“A real shame that it took a browser company other than Mozilla to make (In Rust no less!) adblock-rust.”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine” “a neat example of open source and the ease of sharing lbraries in Rust”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No clear gain over uBlock Origin
“I don't see much a difference compared to ETP + ublock origin”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker” Single-thread feature breaks Send + Sync
“adblock-rust single-thread feature must be disabled for Send + Sync”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: I'm solo-building a privacy browser in Tauri”
What people said
11 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Use anything with built-in adblock-rust.”
“When I manually enabled the Rust ad blocker in about:config and added filter lists there, ads still appeared on YouTube and some porn sites.”
“I don't see much a difference compared to ETP + ublock origin”
“Tracker/Ad blocking should forever be an extension, maintained by someone with zero obligation to, or association with, the ad/tracking industry.”
“Brave built a solid engine”
“A real shame that it took a browser company other than Mozilla to make (In Rust no less!) adblock-rust.”
“This particular addition seems useful though.”
“adblock-rust single-thread feature must be disabled for Send + Sync”
“It is better (especially than the Manifest V3 version) because it has first party access / integration.”
“it is a very good sign that developers are taking care of it”
“a neat example of open source and the ease of sharing lbraries in Rust”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.