About News Feed Eradicator
News Feed Eradicator is a small, open source tool that does one thing. Instead of blocking Facebook or Reddit, it replaces the feed with a quote and leaves messages and groups alone. That helps when you cannot just leave a site because you need part of it.
The site list in the source includes Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, Hacker News, GitHub and Substack, among others, and you choose which are active. It asks for site access as an optional permission, so you grant it per site instead of all at once. It has no schedules, limits or stats, and a site redesign can break support for that site.
It is a one-developer project that the developer considers mostly done, so expect upkeep, not new features. The code is public, and the Chrome store label says the developer does not collect or use your data. The licence is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub and MIT on the Firefox listing, a mismatch we could not resolve. It is listed only in the Chrome Web Store and on Firefox Add-ons, so it works in Chromium browsers and Firefox but not Safari. If you want a time limit or a hard block as well, add LeechBlock NG.
Pros and cons
- Removes the feed but keeps the rest of the site usable
- Free and open source (AGPL-3.0 on GitHub, MIT on Firefox)
- Covers Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, Bluesky and more
- Store label says the developer does not collect or use your data
- Minimal by design: no schedules, limits or stats
- Chrome Web Store and Firefox only; no Safari version
- Depends on its site list, and redesigns can break a site
Permissions
It asks for storage and scripting, and requests website access as an optional permission, so it only gets the sites you approve.
