Introduction

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering - capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing - cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other - obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very - flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and - tastes. Privoxy has application for both - stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities + for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling + access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a + flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. + It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Privoxy is based on the code of the - Internet Junkbuster (tm). - Junkbuster was originally written by Junkbusters - Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL. - Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project - to continue development.

Privoxy continues the - Junkbuster tradition, but adds many - refinements, enhancements and new features.

More info

Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.

Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).

Helping hands and donations are welcome: +

The project -page on Sourceforge
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https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE +
A list of new features
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https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE +

The most recent release is Stefan Waldherr's site
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3.0.27 (UNRELEASED). +

Junkbusters Corporation
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Download

You can Download recent releases
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download Privoxy here, + from Quickstart after installation
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this mirror, + or from SourceForge.
Note that the Privoxy project currently has no trusted build infrastructure. + Binary packages are built and uploaded by individual members of the Privoxy + project or external contributors. For details check the signatures.
Subscribe to the Browse our CVS repository
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release feed + to get informed when new releases are available.

Documentation

User manual
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Quickstart after installation +
Frequently Asked Questions
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User manual +
Classic Man Page
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Frequently Asked Questions +
Pictures of the Privoxy Team
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Developer Manual +
Developer Manual
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Classic Man Page +

Support and Service via Sourceforge

More information

We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support, please - note: - -

Use the Sourceforge Support Forum to get help:
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-    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118
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Submit bugs only through our Sourceforge Bug Forum:
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- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118.
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Make sure that the bug has not already been submitted. Please try to - verify that it is a Privoxy bug, and not a - browser or site bug first. If you are using your own custom configuration, - please try the stock configs to see if the problem is a configuration - related bug. And if not using the latest development snapshot, please try - the latest one. Or even better, CVS sources. Please be sure to include the - Privoxy/JunkbusterSupport & Service - version, platform, browser, any pertinent log data, any other relevant - details (please be specific) and, if possible, some way to reproduce the - bug. -
Submit feature requests only through our Sourceforge feature request forum:
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- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse.
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Copyright, License, History & Authors +
You can also send feedback on websites that Privoxy has problems with. Please bookmark
-the following link: "Privoxy - Submit Filter Feedback". Once you surf to a page with problems, use the
-bookmark to send us feedback. We will look into the issue as soon as possible.
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List of (new) Features +
For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists:
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- + + http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118.
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Anyone interested in actively participating in development and related - discussions can also join the appropriate mailing list. Archives are - available, too. -
Pictures of the Privoxy Team +

Copyright

Privoxy is free software; you can - redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public - - License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the - License, or (at your option) any later version.

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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT - ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or - FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for - more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59 - Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

You should have received a copy of the

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GNU General Public License7binaryoptions.com - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

History

Privoxy is evolved, and derived from, - the Internet Junkbuster, with many - improvments and enhancements over the original.

Junkbuster was originally written by Anonymous - Coders and Junkbusters - Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the - GNU GPL.

Stefan - Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project - Privoxy to rekindle development. There are now several active - developers contributing. The last stable release of - Junkbuster was v2.0.2, which has now - grown whiskers ;-).

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