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uBlock vs artillery
uBlock has 67,937 GitHub stars, 4,354 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped yesterday. artillery has 9,080 stars, 565 forks, 487 open issues and last shipped yesterday. uBlock leads on adoption by 648% (67,937 vs 9,080 stars). uBlock is written in JavaScript under GPL-3.0; artillery is written in TypeScript under MPL-2.0. uBlock has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, artillery 6%. uBlock was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (javascript), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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Side by side
| uBlock | artillery | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 68K | ★ 9.1K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.4K | ⑂ 565 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick uBlock if
- You weight community size — 68K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick artillery if
- You want the artillery feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and artillery fits your workflow better
About uBlock
uBlock Origin is a CPU and memory efficient, wide spectrum content blocker for Chromium and Firefox, aimed at anyone who wants ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, anti blockers and malware sites neutralised by default without hand tuning anything.
read the full uBlock overview →
About artillery
Artillery is an open source, TypeScript load testing platform that runs production grade load and browser tests from a laptop or from serverless infrastructure, and it is built for developers, QA engineers, and platform teams who need to exercise HTTP APIs, GraphQL, WebSocket, Socket.io, gRPC, and Kinesis services at cloud scale.
read the full artillery overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is uBlock or artillery more popular?
uBlock has 67,937 GitHub stars and artillery has 9,080. uBlock has the larger community by that measure.
Are uBlock and artillery free?
Both are open source. uBlock is licensed under GPL-3.0 and artillery under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between uBlock and artillery?
uBlock is written in JavaScript and artillery 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, uBlock or artillery?
Choose uBlock if you want the larger community (67,937 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose artillery if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.