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Adblock Plus
Developer(s) Eyeo GmbH [1] [2] [3]
Current CTO:
Felix H. Dahlke [4]
Former lead developers:
Wladimir Palant,
Henrik Aasted Sørensen,
Michael McDonald
Initial releaseOctober 23, 2005;18 years ago (2005-10-23) [5]
Stable release(s) [±]
Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera3.21 / November 9, 2023;5 months ago (2023-11-09) [6]
Safari2.2.3 / February 28, 2023;13 months ago (2023-02-28) [7]
Internet Explorer1.6 / January 3, 2017;7 years ago (2017-01-03) [8]
Android1.3 / March 3, 2015;9 years ago (2015-03-03) [9]
Samsung Internet1.2.0 / March 5, 2019;5 years ago (2019-03-05) [10]