Every privacy tool blocks or deletes cookies — and sites break or re-track you. CookieGhost does neither. It replaces tracker cookie values with realistic fakes. Websites accept them. Trackers get noise. Your logins stay safe. Free, open source, no account needed.
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Hey everyone 👋 I'm Alexandre, and I built CookieGhost because I was tired of the privacy tool tradeoff: block cookies and half the web breaks, or delete them and get re-tracked 30 seconds later.
So I tried a different approach — what if we let cookies exist, but replace their values with convincing fakes?
Here's how it works: When a tracker like Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or Hotjar drops a cookie, CookieGhost intercepts it before it hits storage and swaps the value for a randomly generated one that's format-correct. A fake _ga value looks exactly like a real one. The tracker accepts it. The website works. But the profile they're building? Pure fiction.
What it doesn't touch: Your login sessions, authentication tokens, CSRF protection — all safe. CookieGhost only targets confirmed tracking cookies.
A few things I'm proud of:
60+ tracking cookie formats supported (GA, FB, TikTok, LinkedIn, Hotjar, HubSpot, and more)
Three protection modes: Aggressive, Balanced, and Gentle
Works on Chrome and Firefox (including mobile)
Fully open source (MIT), zero data collection, no accounts, no servers
The philosophy is simple: don't hide from surveillance — feed it garbage.
I'd love your feedback. Try it, break it, tell me what's missing. And if you have a tracker cookie format I should add, open an issue on GitHub.