Drift

About

Drift – Browse Freely. Block Ads and Trackers.
Take control of your browsing experience with Drift — a privacy-focused, lightweight ad and tracker blocker powered by proven blocklists like EasyList. Drift helps you load pages faster, reduce data usage, and protect your privacy by stopping intrusive ads and trackers before they even load.

🚀 Why Drift?
Fast & Lightweight: No bloated features. No unnecessary background activity.

Privacy First: Blocks common tracking scripts and cross-site tracking requests.

Open and Transparent: Built on open source technologies and public blocklists.

Zero Setup Required: Install and enjoy immediately. No account, no configuration needed.

🔒 What It Blocks:
Ads (banner ads, pop-ups, pre-roll ads, sidebar ads)

Web trackers and analytics scripts

Social media buttons that track you across the web

Malware domains and known phishing URLs (depending on blocklist)

🧰 Features:
Uses Chrome's Declarative Net Request API (Manifest V3)

Pulls rules from EasyList and optional custom rule sets

Built-in popup interface for quick enable/disable

Options page for advanced configuration (for power users)

Minimal system resource usage

No user data collected. Ever.

🛠️ Permissions Explained:
declarativeNetRequest: Enables Drift to block requests based on rule lists.

storage: Saves your preferences and settings locally.

alarms: Used for periodic background tasks like rule updates.

tabs (optional): Used only for specific tab-based enhancements when enabled.

🔧 Open Source & Community Driven
Drift is open source and community-friendly. Developers can audit, suggest improvements, or contribute via our GitHub project (linked in the extension details).

✅ Safe, Simple, Effective
No creepy permissions. No tracking. No paywalls. Just an ad-free, faster, more private internet.

Browse freely with Drift. Install now and reclaim your web experience.