Decentraleyes

Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery.

Decentraleyes: Enhanced Privacy Through Local Content Delivery

"Decentraleyes" is a privacy-enhancing Chrome extension that serves local files to negate requests reaching networks such as Google Hosted Libraries. This circumvents the issue of websites breaking when blocking content from large third-parties, enhancing your online privacy. Decentraleyes complements traditional blockers and requires no prior configuration to work. Note that while it successfully prevents many tracking requests, it's not a comprehensive solution.

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By: Thomas Rientjes

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.75

(226)

Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-11-21)

Creation date: 2019-10-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

privacy
webNavigation
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
webRequest
unlimitedStorage
storage

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 7.26M

Email: de*****@protonmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 1,900 ▲ 48

Other rankings

#34 in Privacy & Security #34 in deliver keyword 77 ▲ 1 #104 in prevent keyword 67 ▲ 3 #191 in google keep keyword 92 ▼ 1 #222 in chrome keyword 89 ▲ 6

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Decentraleyes (v3.0.0)

4.79

(1,479) 246,053+

Decentraleyes (v3.0.0)

4.80

(30) 50,757+

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Extension summary

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It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.

Websites have increasingly begun to rely much more on large third-parties for content delivery. Canceling requests for ads or trackers is usually without issue, however blocking actual content, not unexpectedly, breaks pages. The aim of this add-on is to cut out the middleman by providing lightning speed delivery of local (bundled) files to improve online privacy.

 • Protects privacy by evading large delivery networks that claim to offer free services.
 • Complements regular blockers such as uBlock Origin (recommended), Adblock Plus, et al.
 • Works directly out of the box; absolutely no prior configuration required.

Note: Decentraleyes is no silver bullet, but it does prevent a lot of websites from making you send these kinds of requests. Ultimately, you can make Decentraleyes block requests for any missing CDN resources, too.

User reviews

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Pros

Great for privacy and security, preventing calls to third-party services.
Effective in caching resources from supported CDNs.
Users express overall satisfaction and gratitude for the extension.
Easy to use and set up.

Cons

There are limitations with certain CDNs, such as jsDelivr blocking issues.
Some users doubt its functionality or presence of issues.
Not necessary if using other similar tools like Ublock or Adguard.

Most mentioned

The app is essential for privacy-conscious users.
Works well for the CDNs it covers.
Many users express high satisfaction and appreciation for the developer.

User reviews

At Tooltivity.com, we manually test productivity browser extensions and provide honest and detailed reviews. Decentraleyes scored an extraordinary rating of 9.4 in our tests. In our evaluation, we considered the categories of features, design, ease of use, security & privacy, value for money, and performance. Check out the full review here: https://tooltivity.com/extensions/decentraleyes

Nils Bongarts, 2024-12-30

Great app !! Will use it forever, even if it means switching browsers.

Lyman Paquette, 2024-12-02

THANK YOU !!! Beyond grateful for this app and the developer providing such an amazing tool and reworking it so it would not be forgotten or becoming irrelevant in Manifest v3 rolling. Many blessings for you with each new review that more will be able to donate for your beloved tool.