SafariBlocker

Rootless iOS package source for com.deerspotter.safariblocker.

SafariBlocker provides a Settings panel for managing Safari allow and block lists. It supports manual plus button entry, visible editable lists, list backup and restore, and a static GitHub Pages rule editor for editing backup JSON files.

Screenshots

Current package

• Package: com.deerspotter.safariblocker
• Name: SafariBlocker
• Version: 1.3.4
• Architecture: iphoneos-arm64
• Minimum firmware: iOS 15.0
• Maintainer: DeerSpotter
• Author: DeerSpotter

Capabilities

• Show or hide a blocked message.
• Manage whitelisted domains.
• Manage blocked domains.
• Manage blocked URLs.
• Add entries from Settings with a + popup.
• Swipe left on list entries in Settings to delete.
• Export all lists to one JSON backup file.
• Import a JSON backup file back into Settings.
• Use the GitHub Pages editor to import, edit, batch paste, copy, delete, and export rules from a browser.

GitHub Pages rule editor

The browser based editor is hosted here after Pages is enabled:

https://deerspotter.github.io/safariblocker/

The editor starts with one Import JSON button. After a SafariBlocker backup is imported, it expands into visible rows for whitelisted domains, blocked domains, and blocked URLs.

The editor can:

• Import SafariBlocker backup JSON.
• Show imported entries as visible rows.
• Add one entry with a + popup.
• Batch paste newline or semicolon separated lists.
• Copy any single list as plain text.
• Swipe left on mobile rows to reveal Delete.
• Export the edited backup JSON.

Settings support link

The Open DeerSpotter GitHub row in Settings points to this repository:

https://github.com/DeerSpotter/safariblocker

Building with GitHub Actions

Use the included workflow:

.github/workflows/build-deb.yml

The expected package name follows the version in package/DEBIAN/control, for example:

com.deerspotter.safariblocker_v1.3.4_iphoneos-arm64.deb

Repository layout

.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
docs/
assets/hex/
package/
prefs/
scripts/rebuild-binaries.sh

Credits

• Maintainer: DeerSpotter
• Current package and repository updates: DeerSpotter
• Original SafariBlocker tweak credit: P2K