Another ad blocker for Linux, system-wide, without /etc/hosts modification and using Dnsmasq.

Dependencies

• Dnsmasq
• curl
• grep (no need for extended regexp)
• awk
• sudo

Usage

Run sh adblocker.sh on and you're done.

Want to have ads back? Simply run sh adblocker.sh off.

The script will require your sudo password in order to create and remove a Dnsmasq configuration file.

Advanced configuration

If you know what you are doing, you can edit to variables at the beginning at the script:

• DNSMASQ_CONF_DIR is the Dnsmasq directory which will receive the adblocking configuration file
• DNSMASQ_CONF_FILENAME is name of the adblocking configuration file

Do not edit ADBLOCKER_CONF_FILE as it is based on the two previous variables.

Information

Compatibility

This script is compatible with any Linux distro using Dnsmasq.

Tested on Fedora 33 Silverblue. If you tested on another system, please open an issue so I can add it here.

Blocking lists

This script uses the Energized Blu list and Adaway list.

Note that I am not affiliated to any of these providers.

Why Dnsmaq

This script keeps /etc/hosts clean so you can edit it without opening a big 200k+ lines file.

And if you have some automatic tools which already edit the hosts file, it won't conflict!

Caution: it does not mean that editing /etc/hosts is bad, this script is just another method to block ads on some systems.

Other adblocking scripts

Those script modify the /etc/hosts file (so it works perfectly on any Linux and Mac operating system).

• MattiSG/adblock
• tuxian0/AdAway-Linux
• sedrubal/adaway-linux (this repository is archived)

I am not affiliated to any of this project. If you know another system-wide adblocking script, you can open an issue so I can add it to this list.