CK's Filter List was created 2018 because I didn't liked the well-known filter lists and I think they're often outdated or incomplete and simply too inefficient. My list is not restricted by any region and the main-focus is english, russian, swiss and germany regions since I speak these languages.

The overall project goal is to block ads and reduce the traffic coming from the domains/websites you visit. The term 'ads' is not defined in this project because I also block cosmetically banners and popup stuff which I think only causes useless traffic without any real benefit.

• Prevent malvertising
• Reduce traffic
• Reduce page loading times
• Remove annoyance web elements like e.g. floating headers, banners or useless footers
• Provide list in order to block connections to bigger corps. e.g. Apple.
• Get rid of malware & Ads

Site-specific or filter-based extensions such as AdBlock Plus, Request Policy, Ghostery, Priv3 and Sharemenot are in general to be avoided. According to my own security expertise and history I can guarantee that these extensions do not add any real privacy layer to the Browser by itself - a proper implementation of the privacy requirements and development efforts on the Browser directly should be preferred on general solutions that prevent tracking by all third parties, rather than a list of specific URLs or hosts.

I do not recommend using any filter lists, instead I highly recommend to work with whitelist only which are based on your own needs. However, a filter lists can help to reduce a possible attack surface based on the daily browsing habits.

DO NOT combine Anti-Corp list with the normal filters and DO NOT use anti-corp HOSTS lists together with anti-corp filters in both uBO and uM - that only takes more memory and results in higher loading times with no benefit. Use the anti-corp list in either uBO or uM.

➡️ Please use the HOSTS filters for domain/dns based blocking and the filter lists for cosmetical blocking. AdGuard, uBO & Co. can also block entire domains but I like to separate the list to avoid redundancies.

It's cool that some people add my lists into their own projects and I in general allow it but it's not cool that several people make some money via donations with my and other peoples lists. I DO NOT ALLOW any commercial usage - this also includes donations! Everyone which doesn't respect this will get a DMCA takedown request and a paper from my lawyer.

• CONTRIBUTING.md is the file which shows you how to contribute to the project. It's essentially that you read the guidelines before you submit something.
• Readme.md is this file and is the general project overview file.
• ToDo.md is like the name already suggest the current todo list - same as the CONTRIBUTING.md it needs to be read before you submit something.

• The main list /CK's-FilterList.txt which will be loaded by your fav. Ad-Blocker extension. The filter gets updated at least every 8 days. The list contains all other lists!

• CK's-FilterList-slimm.txt is only the normal filter lists without any additional sublists.

• CHEF-KOCH's FilterList - Click-to-install in order to sub the filter list via your Browser.

• CHEF-KOCH's FilterList (slimm) - Click-to-install in order to sub the filter list via your Browser.

• /filters Other sub-filters belong into this folder.

• /I2P & Onion includes the I2P and .Onion related filter list CK's-Onion-FilterList.

• /Spotify Ad-Free includes Spotify ad-blocking filters resources.

• /HOSTS includes all (optional) lists as HOSTS compatible format.

• /Test includes multiple test filters for IP/ASN and uBlock + uMatrix rulesets.

Make sure you have an ad-blocker installed in your desktop or mobile browsers that uses Adblock Plus filter syntax:

• AdAway - for Android only (partial supported)
• Blockada - for Android only
• DNS66 - for Android only
• uBlock Origin or Nano Adblocker - for Browsers as extension only
• AdGuard - for All Platforms
• pfSense with pfBlockerNG
• Pi-hole - for PI devices
• Gasmask - for OS X

The following blockers aren't fully supported, so they might work but they have some limitations and I personally can't recommend them. A more detailed explanation is given here.

• AdBlock - for All Platforms
• Adblock Plus - for Browsers as extension only
• 1Blocker for iOS or MacOS devices only
• Adblock Browser - for Android and iOS devices only
• Brave Browser - (partial supported, request to add the list send)
• Opera Browser - (partial supported, request to add the list send)

For a more detailed project description and documentation please see the Wiki pages.

The following filters might not getting into the main filter list (CK's-FilterList.txt) and are labeled as optional, there also not getting as fast updates, their update interval is set to 14 days.

HOSTS and uMatrix only filter lists - please keep in mind that there not sub-clickable (like the above uBO list). There will also be no 127.0.0.1 versions.

You can report issue here, keep in mind that this requires that you read the contribution guidelines first.

Star it on GitHub! ⭐ or consider making a donation. 💪

🚧 The following people contributed to CK's Filter List in order to improve the project. 🚧

• The-Commissioner
• @AddaxSoft
• @ZeroDot1
• @bogachenko

The project and it's content of CHEF-KOCH's Filter List is licensed under a ISC License.