# vikas-sketch/ads-blocker-desktop

> Ad-blocking utility for Windows 10/11 x64: a local background service intercepts network requests and filters ad and tracking requests without browser extensions.

- Magnitude: 3.5 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 332 total · +0 stars measured 2026-11-09, 00:03–02:10 UTC, ≈ 72 by evening
- Star trust: unusual star pattern (heuristic)
- Category: Security · Language: HTML · License: MIT · Created: 2026-11-06 · Last push: 2026-11-09
- GitHub: https://github.com/vikas-sketch/ads-blocker-desktop · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/vikas-sketch/ads-blocker-desktop

## Useful for

- Block ads and trackers system-wide without installing extensions in each browser
- Deploy traffic filtering in an offline environment via a ready installer with a local ruleset
- Review blocked request stats and add custom allowlist exceptions

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-09 (UTC), 00:03–02:10: 332 → 332 stars (+0). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +72 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 3 days old and already has 332 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.

## Star trust

Unusual star pattern (heuristic).
- Very few forks: 0 for 332 stars. Active projects usually have 3–15 forks per 100 stars.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 0
- Issues and pull requests: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 101 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0

## Stars per day, last 4 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-11-06 … 2026-11-09: 0, 244, 88, 0

## Magnitude by day, last 2 days

11-08 5.5, 11-09 3.5

## Similar by description

1. **agrim18072011-lgtm/ads-blocker** — 3.5 · Early signal · Security · HTML · +0 stars measured 2026-11-09, 00:03–02:10 UTC, ≈ 72 by evening · unusual star pattern (heuristic)
   A standalone Windows installer that blocks ads and trackers at the system hosts-file level, without browser extensions or background services. Suited to users who want local, auditable ad blocking across the whole machine.
   Full card: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/agrim18072011-lgtm/ads-blocker.md
2. **Shedbillions/ads-blocker** — 0.0 · Quiet · Security · HTML · Not enough measurements today
   A self-contained Windows desktop installer that sets up local ad detection and blocking, combining URL filtering, DOM signature matching, and heuristic analysis without external services.
   Full card: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/Shedbillions/ads-blocker.md
3. **AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome** — 2.1 · Steady · Security · TypeScript · +1 star measured 2026-11-09, 00:06–02:12 UTC, ≈ 22 by evening
   Self-hosted DNS server that blocks ads and trackers across all devices on a network by sinkholing tracking domains, with a web admin interface and support for encrypted DNS.
   Full card: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome.md

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Magnitude (0–10) measures how fast and how unusually interest in a repository is growing right now. It is not a quality score.
Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
Summaries and use cases are written by an LLM (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) from the README and may be inaccurate: verify specific claims (benchmarks, speed, hardware) in the repository itself.
Data as of 2026-11-09 02:18 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.