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Privoxy

Privoxy

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and internet junk. GPLv2-or-later licensed and maintained since 2001.

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Active installs

License GPL-2.0-or-later Version Latest OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4,IPV6

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

Version Check

privoxy --version

Service Management

Start Privoxy:

systemctl start privoxy

Stop Privoxy:

systemctl stop privoxy

Restart Privoxy:

systemctl restart privoxy

Check Privoxy status:

systemctl status privoxy

View Privoxy live logs:

journalctl -u privoxy -f

Important Files and Directories

  • Configuration directory: /etc/privoxy
  • Main config file: /etc/privoxy/config
  • Log directory: /var/log/privoxy

Notes

  • Privoxy listens on port localhost:8118 by default.
  • Edit /etc/privoxy/config to customize filtering and forwarding rules.
  • Restart the service after configuration changes.

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