Privoxy vs Squid : Which is Better?

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Privoxy

Privoxy is a free non-caching web proxy with filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, manipulating cookies and modifying web page data and HTTP headers before the page is rendered by the browser.

License: Open Source

Apps available for Windows Linux

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Squid

Squid is a caching and forwarding HTTP web proxy. It has a wide variety of uses, from speeding up a web server by caching repeated requests.

License: Open Source

Apps available for Windows Linux BSD Self-Hosted Solaris

Privoxy VS Squid Feature comparision

Feature Privoxy Squid
Block ads
Browser extension
Google Chrome Extensions
Pop up blocker
Built-in Ad-blocker
Custom DNS
Network-wide blocking
Privacy focused
Client-side cache
DNS Server
Parental Control
Real-time analytics
Ad-free
Java
Scripting
Security & Privacy
Load balancing
Web Application Firewall
Cascade proxy
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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