Clean URLs.
Fair to creators.
MUGA strips 450+ tracking parameters from every link you open. Locally, in your browser. Unlike other URL cleaners, it preserves the affiliate referrals that fund the creators you actually follow.
URL cleaners shouldn't punish the creators you follow.
When you click a YouTuber's Amazon link, that ?tag=… parameter is how they get paid. Usually a few cents per sale, no extra cost to you.
Most cleaners strip it along with the trackers. MUGA doesn't.
We maintain an explicit allowlist of 6 affiliate programs: Amazon, eBay, Vercel, DigitalOcean, Lemon Squeezy and Apple Performance Partners. When MUGA detects one of those tags, it preserves the referral and shows a small Creator referral preserved toast so you know it happened.
We've open-sourced the rules as CAPS (the Creator Affiliate Preservation Standard), so any URL cleaner can do the same.
How MUGA differs from other URL cleaners.
Other cleaners treat every parameter as junk and strip aggressively. MUGA distinguishes a tracking parameter from a creator's affiliate tag — the YouTuber who recommended the link still gets paid.
| Feature | MUGA | uBlock Origin | ClearURLs | Brave Shields |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strips tracking params | ✓ 450+ | ✓ via filter list | ✓ ~150 | ✓ ~200 |
| Preserves creator affiliate tags | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Per-URL "what was removed" UI | ✓ | logger only | ✗ | ✗ |
| Refuses redirect-based affiliate networks | ✓ | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Signed remote rule updates | ✓ Ed25519, opt-in | filter-list-dependent | unsigned | bundled w/ browser |
| Ad / script blocking | ✗ (out of scope) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ (Shields) |
| Works on Chromium & Firefox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Brave only |
MUGA is the only one of the four that distinguishes a tracker from a creator's affiliate tag — and the only one whose popup tells you that distinction was made. Full comparison with sources and counts: rules.muga.app/comparison.html.
Read the source. Watch the network tab.
Three claims, three verifiable receipts.
GPL v3, every line
Full source on GitHub. Build it yourself, audit it, fork it. Reproducible builds for both stores. Repo →
No telemetry, no analytics
Default install makes zero outbound requests. The optional weekly rule update is opt-in and disclosed during onboarding. Transparency →
We document the tradeoffs
Including the cases where MUGA may inject its own affiliate tag if a page has none. Opt-in, fully disclosed. Privacy →
