Best Free Open Source

Content Filter Software

Content filter software for open source, also commonly
known as web filtering software, is software which is
designed and optimized to determine what content can be
viewed by the user. This software is particularly relevant to
information supplied by a web browser.

Aspects of Content Filter

In many respects, censorship of the internet is deemed
to be harmful. Governments with oppressive regimes
may use Content filter software to prevent their
citizens from viewing material they consider
objectionable. This can mean the censorship of
perfectly legitimate websites including organizations
advocating human rights, or even search engines such
as Google. Even where a government has not directly
enforced internet censorship they may apply pressure
to internet providers to filter sites. Thus going for best
content filter software is the need.

Best 5 Open Source Content Filter

Studies reveal the average employee spends 75
minutes per day using office computers for nonbusiness related activity, costing employers thousands
of dollars per year, per employee. If you are a business
owner, government agency or academic institution,
receiving blacklist updates may be required by law (eg.
CIPA) in order to meet certain government regulations

Dans Guardian
DansGuardian
filters
the
content of pages based on
many
methods
including
phrase matching, Platform for
Internet
Content
Selection
(PICS)
filtering
and
URL
filtering. It does not purely
filter based on a banned list of
sites.

Web Content Control

WebContentControl is software
which enables parents to prevent
their
children
from
browsing
certain websites. It provides a
graphical user interface written in
Gambas
which
installs
and
configures DansGuardian, FireHol
and TinyProxy. It is user friendly
software,
and
offers
good
functionality.

Privoxy
Privoxy (Privacy Enhancing Proxy)
is a non-caching Web proxy with
advanced filtering capabilities for
enhancing privacy, modifying web
page data and HTTP headers,
controlling access, and removing
ads and other obnoxious Internet
junk

Web Cleaner
WebCleaner is a filtering HTTP
proxy. It removes adverts,
compresses documents,
deanimates GIFs, can use
SquidGuard filter lists, and more. It
is easy to configure with a web
interface.

Gnome Nanny
Gnome Nanny is an easy way to
control what your kids are doing in
the computer. You can limit how much
time a day each one of them is
browsing the web, chatting or doing
email. You can also decide at which
times of the day the can do this
things.