Bug 498701

Summary:	ublock orgin port
Product:	[Applications] Falkon	Reporter:	abdalrhman <awaji>
Component:	extensions	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cwo.kde, jurajoravec
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description abdalrhman 2025-01-15 17:51:46 UTC

Hello kde team
i like your falkon browser and i use it is my default browser
but there is a problem your adblock sucks
so to fix this make a port of ublock orgin (not lite)
and goodbye :)

Comment 1 Juraj 2025-01-15 20:06:31 UTC

Hello,

> I like your falkon browser and i use it is my default browser
Thank you for using Falkon.

> but there is a problem your adblock sucks
> so to fix this make a port of ublock orgin (not lite)
Porting uBlock Origin is not that simple since Falkon and QtWebEngine does not expose the WebExtension API used to make uBlock Origin and it would need to be reimplemented like the AdBlock.
Some other projects (like qutebrowser and angelfish) adopted Brave ad-blocking library, I did not try to play with it and I rather opted to improving AdBlock support in Falkon which can be seen in the last few merge requests (for the next major release) and my few useless blogposts.

Best regards.