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Ladybird vs ublacklist
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ublacklist has 6,674 stars, 349 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 901% (66,807 vs 6,674 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; ublacklist is written in TypeScript under MIT. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, ublacklist 5%. Ladybird was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Ladybird | ublacklist | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 6.7K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 349 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ladybird if
- You weight community size — 67K stars and counting
- You want the BSD-2-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ublacklist if
- You want the ublacklist feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and ublacklist fits your workflow better
About Ladybird
Ladybird Ladybird is a truly independent web browser, using a novel engine based on web standards. [!IMPORTANT] Ladybird is in a pre alpha state, and only suitable for use by developers Features We aim to build a complete, usable browser for the modern web. Ladybird uses a multi process architecture with a main UI process, several WebContent renderer processes, an ImageDecoder process, and a RequestServer process. Image decoding and network connections are done out of process to be more robust against malicious content. Each tab has its own renderer process, which is sandboxed from the rest of the system. At the…
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About ublacklist
uBlacklist English Deutsch 简体中文 Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results Chrome : Chrome Web Store Firefox : Firefox Add ons Edge : Edge Add ons Safari : App Store (macOS and iOS, thanks to Group Leafy) Description This extension prevents the sites you specify from appearing in Google search results. You can add rules on search result pages, or on sites to be blocked by clicking the toolbar icon. Rules can be specified either by match patterns (e.g. :// .example.com/ ) or by expressions including regular expressions, variables and string matchers (e.g. /example\.(net org)/ , path ="example"i…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or ublacklist more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and ublacklist has 6,674. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and ublacklist free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and ublacklist under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and ublacklist?
Ladybird is written in C++ and ublacklist in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Ladybird or ublacklist?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose ublacklist if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.