Safari AdBlock: block ads in Safari

Snow Leopard users: you need to run Safari in 32-bit mode.

Safari AdBlock blocks ads in Safari.

It is free of charge and open source (GPL license).
It is easy to use: it just works out of the box!

A Safari window, before and after Safari AdBlock has been enabled.

Quickstart:
1. Download and install Safari AdBlock.
2. Restart Safari, load your favourite website: no more ads, it just works!
3. The preferences pane is located in Safari's preferences.
How do I uninstall Safari AdBlock?
There is an "uninstall" button in the preferences. Alternatively, you can delete the /Library/InputManagers/Safari AdBlock folder.
Where do I report a bug?
In the project tracker.
Where is the version for Mac OS X 10.4?
There is currently no version for Mac OS X 10.4; but the project is open source and contributions are welcomed!
Where is the version for Windows?
There is no version for Windows. There will never be.
How does it work?
Ads are resources (images, flash animations, scripts) whose URLs follow regular patterns. The AdBlock Plus team makes a wonderful job at maintaining a list of those patterns. Safari AdBlock uses the AdBlock Plus pattern lists to filter every resource URL before it is loaded and blocks it if it is detected as a possible ad URL. Safari AdBlock also removes some HTML elements after the page has been loaded to preserve the layout.

0.4.0 RC3 — August 27, 2009
- Snow Leopard compatibility
0.4.0 RC2 — August 16, 2009
- Fixed a bug which caused the loading bar to run indefinitely
- Fixed a bug which altered some webpage layouts
0.4.0 RC1 — March 08, 2009
- Bugfixes
- Toolbar button to enable/disable
- A webpage's main URL (the one in the address bar) won't be blocked anymore
- Fixed a bug that could cause the server hosting the block list to be hammered
- Updates with Sparkle
0.3.2 — January 31, 2008
- Major speed improvements, thanks to John's amazing work in RegexKit
- Bugfixes
0.3 — January 29, 2008
- Support for custom filters, with a "rule editor"-like interface
- Support for custom subscriptions
- Fixed major bug that broke scripts on several websites
0.2.1 — December 19, 2007
- Better blocking, less false-positives
- Added subscriptions for the following AdBlock Plus lists: Hungarian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Ukranian and Chinese.
0.2.0 — December 04, 2007
- Initial support for AdBlock Plus-like block lists
- Now hides elements as well as blocking them, which fixes layout issues
- Ability to choose among region-specific block lists
- Bugfixes and minor enhancements
0.1.0 — November 03, 2007
- First release.