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Cromite AdBlock engine

Modified version of Adblock plus integrated in cromite

Cromite uses a modified version of adblock plus.

Some adblock plus rules cannot be used:

  • removed support for header and csp filter option
  • removed support for json-override, simulate-event-poc, simulate-mouse-event snippets
  • allowed the use of override-property-read by eliminating the possibility of specifying a number as an argument (except 0 and 1)
  • removed support for sitekey

Some improvements have been included:

  • Added dns CNAME support
  • Block of WebSockets and WebTransport urls
  • Block of service workers fetchs

All default filters are downloaded from www.cromite.org/filters urls. You can enter your lists via the settings: http url redirection is prohibited.

Update mechanism

The Cromite AdBlock Update Service checks every day if new filters are published.

www.cromite.org does not record any logs.

Legacy bromite adblock engine

Since v77 Bromite uses Chromium subresource filter.

This engine does not currently support CSS rules; as a result some sites will show ads.

In cromite it is disabled by default.

Update mechanism

The Bromite AdBlock Update Service checks at startup (after 5 seconds) and periodically (every week) if new filters are published.

Original Bromite AdBlock engine

The ad-blocking engine of Bromite till v76 was an improved version of the original engine of NoChromo