Create Supported adblockers and tools.md

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# Full support
### Regular adblockers, with the most recommended adblockers listed highest
* Nano Adblocker
* uBlock Origin (for Chrome and Safari)
* AdGuard
* AdBlock
* Adblock Plus (incl. Adblock Browser)
### Hardeners for regular adblockers
* Nano Defender
* uBlock Origin Extra
### Other programs and tools
* Redirector (by Einar Egilsson)
* Blokada
* DNS66
* Google Hit Hider by Domain
* uMatrix
* Internet Explorer Tracking Protection List (if your workplace doesn't allow you to install and pay for AdGuard for Windows)
# Limited support
Issue reports will be processed, but issues that are exclusive to these adblockers will rarely be accomodated for.
| Affected branch | Reason for its support being limited | Fully supported substitute |
| - | - | - |
| uBlock Origin's Firefox Legacy branch | Ceased to receive most upstream updates in mid-2018. | |
| uBlock Origin's Microsoft Edge branch | Seemed to have severe problems with list syncing in mid-2018. | Nano Adblocker for Microsoft Edge |
| AdAway | Became a complete mess after Dominik Schürmann left the project. | Blokada |
| Pi-hole | I have no way of setting up or testing a Pi-hole server at the moment. | |
| 1blocker | I do not have an iOS unit to test it with. | Adblock Browser for iOS | |
| Little Snitch | I do not have a macOS computer to test it with. | Google Chrome with Nano Adblocker | |
# No support
If you use an adblocker from this section, you will be asked to change to a more frequently updated adblocker before an issue report would be processed.
### Forked from uBlock Origin ca. 2016-17, and has seen no real work on it since
* uBlock Plus Adblock
* Ads Killer Adblocker Plus
* Adblocker Genesis Plus
* Adblocker HARDLINE V2
* uBlock Pro
* Adblock DEFENSE
* ADZbuzz uBlock (although kudos for it respecting gorhill's work on uBO)
* Varanida
* Adblocker Genius PRO
* The 1 Adblocker
### Forked from AdBlock ca. 2016-18, and has seen no real work on it since
* Adblocker Ultimate
* NoAds
### Believed to be based on a fraudulent extension with the AdBlock name, published by the new owners of uBlock
* [AdBlock (the Germany-registered one with the rounded logo)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/dgpfeomibahlpbobpnjpcobpechebadh)
* uBlocker
### Other reasons
| Affected branch | Reason for it having no support | Approximate supported replacement |
| - | - | - |
| uBlock | Ceased to be actively maintained after its main coder jumped ship to uBlock Origin in 2015. | Nano Adblocker |
| Slimjet | Has not been updated to support ABP 3.1 syntaxes. | Google Chrome with Nano Adblocker |
| Brave Browser | Did not support adding custom lists as of January 2019. | Google Chrome with Nano Adblocker |
| Personal Blocklist (Chrome version) | Believed to have ceased functioning in late 2018. | Google Hit Hider by Domain |
| Stylish | Does not seem to support multi-site userstyles, and has been involved in several privacy scandals. | Nano Adblocker |
| Adblocker Professional | Forked from ABP ca. 2016. | Adblock Plus |
# Other tools
No adblock-specific browsers for Android are supported, except for the official *Adblock Browser* that is maintained by Eyeo GMHB.
Adblockers and tools that are not listed above, will be judged on a case-by-case basis.