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@gasanache gasanache released this 14 Mar 11:21
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v1.0.0
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Brave Shields as a standalone Chromium extension.

Works on Chrome, Edge, Arc, Vivaldi, Opera, Thorium — anything Chromium-based.

What's included

  • 15k+ DNR rules from EasyList, EasyPrivacy, uBlock filters, and Peter Lowe's list
  • ~4,800 cosmetic CSS rulesets via the adblock-rust WASM engine
  • YouTube ad blocking — fetch/XHR interception strips ad data from player API responses
  • Twitch ad blocking — intercepts GraphQL ad operations and strips stitched ad segments from HLS playlists
  • Per-site toggle (shields on/off), ad block mode (standard/aggressive/off), cookie blocking
  • Per-tab stats with badge count, persisted across service worker suspensions

Install

Download brave-shields-extension-v1.0.0.zip, extract, go to chrome://extensions, enable Developer Mode, click "Load unpacked", select the extracted folder.

Recommended browser

If you're looking for a clean Chromium browser to pair this with, check out Thorium — a performance-focused Chromium fork with no bloat. Available for macOS, Windows, and Windows on ARM.

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