Editing Privoxy

{{Short description|Non-caching proxy server}}
{{Infobox software
|name                 = Privoxy
|logo                 = Privoxy Icon.png
|screenshot           =
|caption              = Privoxy on [[Windows XP]]
|developer            = Privoxy Developers
|released             = 2001
|programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
|repo                 = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/}}
|platform             = 
|language             =
|genre                = Filtering [[Proxy server|proxy]]
|license              = [[GNU GPLv2]]
}}

'''Privoxy''' is a free non-[[Web cache|caching]] [[Proxy_server#Web_proxy_servers|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. Privoxy is a "privacy enhancing proxy", filtering web pages and removing advertisements. Privoxy can be customized by users, for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privoxy.org/faq/|title=Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions}}</ref> Privoxy can be chained to other proxies and is frequently used in combination with [[Squid (software)|Squid]] among others and can be used to bypass [[Internet censorship]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.linux-magazin.de/Ausgaben/2012/03/Privoxy|title=Anonymisieren mit Squid und Privoxy|last1=Feilner|first1=Markus|last2=Husemann|first2=Falk|journal=[[Linux Magazin]]|issue=March 2012|access-date=2014-03-27|language=de}}</ref>

==History==
Privoxy is based on the [[Internet Junkbuster]] and is released under the [[GNU General Public License]]. It runs on [[Linux]], [[OpenWrt]], [[DD-WRT]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[OS/2]], [[AmigaOS]], [[BeOS]], and most flavors of [[Unix]]. Almost any Web browser can use it.  The software is hosted at [[SourceForge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drdobbs.com/tool-of-the-month-privoxy/199102828|title=Tool of the Month: Privoxy|last=Brockmeier|first=Joe|work=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]|date=2005-06-17|access-date=2014-03-27}}</ref>  Historically the Tor Project bundled Privoxy with [[Tor_(anonymity_network)|Tor]] but this was discontinued in 2010 as they pushed their own internal [[Tor Browser]] project and recommended against external third party proxies. Privoxy still works if manually configured and is still recommended for third party non-browser applications which do not natively support [[SOCKS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBSocksPort|website=Tor |title=FAQ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227042351/https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBSocksPort |archive-date= Dec 27, 2018 }}</ref>

==Reception==
Shashank Sharma of ''[[Linux Format]]'' rated it 9/10 stars and wrote, "Privoxy is highly customisable, easy to set up, has good documentation and is fun to work with. Use it!"<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/6-of-the-best-content-filters-for-linux-698307/3|title=6 of the best content filters for Linux: SafeSquid and Privoxy|last=Sharma|first=Shashank|journal=[[Linux Format]]|issue=133|date=2010-06-25|access-date=2014-03-27|via=[[Tech Radar]] |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150501200259/http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/6-of-the-best-content-filters-for-linux-698307/3 |archive-date= May 1, 2015 }}</ref>  Erez Zukerman of ''[[PC World]]'' rated it 4/5 stars and called it complicated but powerful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/252136/privoxy.html|title=Avoid Ads and Creepy Tracking Scripts With Privoxy|last=Zukerman|first=Erez|work=[[PC World]]|date=2012-03-19|access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328081213/http://www.pcworld.com/article/252136/privoxy.html |archive-date= Mar 28, 2014 }}</ref>  Michelle Delio of [[Wired.com|Wired]] called it "an outstanding way to protect one's privacy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/05/63442?currentPage=all|title=A Tightwad's Guide to Ad Blockers|last=Delio|first=Michelle|work=[[Wired.com|Wired]]|date=2004-05-14|access-date=2014-03-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418085206/http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/05/63442?currentPage=all |archive-date=2014-04-18}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[Content-control software]]
*[[Web accelerator]] which discusses host-based HTTP acceleration
*[[Proxy server]] which discusses client-side proxies
*[[Reverse proxy]] which discusses origin-side proxies
*[[Internet Cache Protocol]]
*[[Polipo]], a caching web proxy server
*[[Proxomitron]], a similar content-filtering proxy for Windows

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{SourceForge|ijbswa}}

{{Software in the Public Interest}}

[[Category:Internet privacy]]
[[Category:Free proxy servers]]
[[Category:Free network-related software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:Cross-platform software]]
[[Category:Forward proxy]]
[[Category:Reverse proxy]]
[[Category:Proxy server software for Linux]]
[[Category:Unix network-related software]]


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