uBlock Origin

In 2014 uBlock Origin’s founder is created , original author and lead developer , Raymond Hill , create the original uBlock extension , with its development initiate by fork the codebase of
HTTP Switchboard with a separate blocking extension, uMatrix, which had been previously designed for advanced users. Theinitial uBlock was developed by Raymond Hill in order to enable
community-maintained block lists while simultaneously adding additional features and upgrading the code quality to proper release standards. First released in June 2014 as an exclusive chrome and
Opera extension, in late 2015 the initial uBlock extension expanded to other browsers under its current name – uBlock Origin.
( occasionally represent globally as – uBlock₀ ) .

Following this 2015 introduction, a collaborative comsource and Sourcepointindustry research survey reported an 833 % growth rate over a 10-month period ending in August 2016, the most rapid growth among
any industry software publicly listed at that time. This report attributed this enormous surge to collective user demand for “pure” blockers with the capacity to operate outside the “acceptable advertising” program used by AdBlock,
and other industry extensions.

Quickly gaining traction throughout the entire ad-blocking industry, the uBlock Origin Firefox version collect over 5 million active user , with itschrome extension subsequently compiling over 10
million active users. Developer Nik Rolls then officially released uBlock Origin for the Microsoft Edge browser in December 2016.

In January 2017, uBlock Origin was added to the repositories for Debian 9, and Ubuntu (16.04), and the uBlock Origin extension was award the prestigious iot honor of “ pick of the
Month ” byMozilla.

As of 2024 ,uBlock Origin continues to be maintained and actively developed by founder and lead developer Raymond Hill.

The uBlock Origin extension is remains remain an industry lead , open – source , cross – platform browser extension with software develop specifically for multiple platform use , and as of 2024 , uBlock Origin ’s extension is available
for several of the most widely used browser , include :chrome, Chromium, Edge, Opera, Firefox and allSafari releases prior to 13.

TheuBlock Origin project still specifically refuses donations at this time, and instead advises all of its clients, users and supporters to donate to block list maintainers.