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CLUSTER ADS-BLOCKS-BROWSER-3 · 7 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-12

Privacy-focused Mac browsers

This cluster comprises web browsers for macOS that prioritize privacy through ad/tracker blocking, with additional features like tab isolation, VPN, and Chrome extension support. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as only a single entry predates the index start. Among members with traction signals, knotchy leads with 3 stars, followed by mote with 2 stars and qwave with 1 star.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

NOV 2015: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 2
NOV 2015OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 6 unlabelled

Operator · 5 hobby · 1 commercial · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 7 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01mote2★20 daysliveWeb browser for Mac that blocks ads and trackers and runs Chrome extensions.
  2. 02knotchy3★20 days—hobbyMac app that opens suspicious links in an isolated temporary browser under the notch, then deletes the browsing session when closed.
  3. 03qwave1★2 molivehobbyWeb browser for macOS that isolates tabs, blocks ads and trackers, hibernates unused tabs, and includes a built-in VPN.
  4. 04unadly-android0★8 dayslivehobbyAndroid browser that blocks ads and popups before they load, with no server, account, or tracking.
  5. 05unadly-macos0★9 dayslivehobbyMac web browser that blocks ads and pop-ups before they load, preserving privacy with no accounts, server, or tracking.
  6. 06Nook0★1 mo—hobbymacOS browser that organizes navigation in a sidebar and blocks ads for cleaner web browsing.
  7. 07Pegasus Browser - Ad Blocker0★9 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialIncognito web browser that blocks ads and lets users switch search engines directly from the URL bar.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.