AdSidebar

Name: AdSidebar
Rating: 2 (5 reviews)
Author: Paul Shaw

Live in harmony with ads. AdSidebar is an alternative to traditional ad blocker extensions that benefits both the user and content creators. Ads are displayed in a sidebar on the right side of the screen.

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Live in harmony with ads.

AdSidebar is an alternative to traditional ad blocker extensions. Ads are displayed in a controllable sidebar on the right hand side of the screen.

INSTALLATION

NOTE: all ad blocking extensions must be uninstalled before installing AdSidebar.

FEATURES

Gives the user more control of how and when ads are displayed.
Benefits both the user and content creators.
Ads are displayed in one location. This makes the website easier to read and helps the user distinguish between actual content and deceptive ads that disguise themselves as content.

OPEN SOURCE

Open source (GPLv3)
https://github.com/pauls-gh/adsidebar_firefox
Uses the "Adblock Plus" engine to detect ads.

Limitations

Adblock detecting websites (e.g. forbes.com) will still think an adblock extension is running and trigger a warning message. For now, please disable AdSidebar for these websites (menu option "Disable on xxxxx").
AdSidebar is disabled by default on youtube.com due to some display issues.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

0.6.0.3resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5726897

Creation date:

2016-06-16

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Size:

693.84KB

Email:

su*****@adsidebar.com

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 56,540 ▲ 14,350

Other rankings

#104 in benefit keyword 10 ▲ 33#174 in uninstall keyword 46 ▲ 17#188 in deepseek sidebar keyword 41 ▲ 29#214 in sidebar keyword 27 ▲

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Paul Shaw

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/adsidebar/

Email:

su*****@adsidebar.com

Website:

http://www.adsidebar.com

User Reviews

by 退出*****, 2025-03-22

I give you five stars for creativity and the addon seems to work as intended. The only problem with it is that being intrusive isn't the only problem with ads. They've become huge, and weirdly prioritized, killing page load times. They contain embedded trackers, and often gather personal data. They can be loud (I <i>despise</i> video/audio ads that start automatically). I want to have ads running, but because of these and other problems, I just can't. All in all, until ads stop being so horrible for reasons beyond what this addon seeks to fix, I'm going to have to stick with uBlock. But like I said - it's a neat idea and it seems to work well.

by s2*****, 2020-09-06

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Is AdSidebar Safe?

Risk impact

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AdSidebar requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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AdSidebar may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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