Decentraleyes
Original author(s) | Thomas Rientjes[1] |
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Stable release | 2.0.16
/ 1 September 2021 |
Repository | git |
Written in | Javascript, HTML, CSS |
License | Mozilla Public License 2.0[2] |
Website | decentraleyes |
Decentraleyes is a free and open-source browser extension used for local content delivery network (CDN) emulation. Its primary task is to block connections to major CDNs such as Cloudflare and Google (for privacy and anti-tracking purposes), and serve popular web libraries (such as JQuery and AngularJS) locally on the users machine.[3] Decentraleyes is available for the Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox + Firefox ESR, Google Chrome, Pale Moon and Opera web browsers.[4]
Overview[]
Decentraleyes is bundled with 14 Javascript libraries; AngularJS, Backbone.js, Dojo, Ember.js, Ext Core, jQuery, jQuery UI, Modernizr, MooTools, Prototype (including script.aculo.us), SWFObject, Underscore.js, and . It can locally redirect connections to the Google Hosted Libraries, Microsoft Ajax CDN, CDNJS (Cloudflare), jQuery CDN (MaxCDN), jsDelivr (MaxCDN), Yandex CDN, Baidu CDN, Sina Public Resources, and UpYun Libraries networks.[5] With these bundled resources in the software package, they are served to the user locally from their machine, as opposed to from a server.[6] The blocking of connections to these CDNs is claimed to result in faster loading times for the end user.[7]
Reception[]
Lifehacker has recommended Decentraleyes as a solution to help prevent the user's data from being tracked by Google.[8] CloudPro, a UK-based cloud computing publication, endorsed Decentraleyes as a way of blocking malicious man-in-the-middle CDN attacks.[9]
History[]
Decentraleyes was first released in late 2015, compatible with the Firefox browser.[10]
Between 2016 and 2017, a spinoff extension called LocalCDN was created. It brought the functionality of Decentraleyes to Chromium based browsers, for which it was not available at the time (until later that year).[11][12]
Decentraleyes was rewritten from scratch in October 2017, for version 2.0.0. The software was rewritten to comply with the new Firefox browser add-on standards, and also included other fixes such as a more consistent user interface and more support for right-to-left languages.[13][14]
References[]
- ^ Rientjes, Thomas. "Synz Solutions". synz.io. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "LICENSE.txt · master · Thomas Rientjes / decentraleyes · GitLab". git.synz.io. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Colby, Clifford (22 August 2018). "Stay private and protected with the best Firefox security extensions". CNet. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Decentraleyes - Local CDN Emulation". decentraleyes.org. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Decentraleyes - Free Software Directory". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Williams, Dwen (1 February 2016). "Take privacy one step further and use this extension to block content delivery networks". The Next Web. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Decentraleyes Firefox Add-On Speeds Up Page Loads by Emulating CDNs Locally". Softpedia News. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Hesse, Brendan (14 February 2020). "Mozilla's New Firefox Android App Only Supports These Extensions For Now". Lifehacker. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Clark, Steve (1 November 2018). "How to immunise your browser against the latest security threats". cloudpro.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Brinkmann, Martin (23 November 2015). "Decentraleyes for Firefox loads CDN resources locally". Ghacks. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Brinkmann, Martin (15 February 2017). "Local CDN for Chrome". GHacks. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Fray, James (2016-12-01). "first commit". Local CDN’s Git repository.
- ^ "Release v2.0.0 · Synzvato/decentraleyes · GitHub". github.com. Synzvato. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Decentraleyes version history - 14 versions – Add-ons for Firefox (en-US)". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links[]
- 2015 software
- Free security software
- Google Chrome extensions
- Internet privacy software
- Computer-related introductions in 2015
- Firefox add-ons