DNS & Networking DNS Blocker stable

Pi-hole

Network-level DNS ad and tracker blocker

51.0K stars Since 2020
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Network-level DNS ad and tracker blocker

License
EUPL
Min RAM
256 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
beginner
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
K8s native
Offline
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • Primary: network-ad-blocking
  • Primary: dns-filtering
  • Primary: privacy-protection

Compare with alternatives

Replaces / alternatives to

  • NextDNS
  • AdGuard

Technical specs

Language
ShellPHP
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary

Community

GitHub stars 51.0K
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Pi-hole
Funding community

Release

Latest version
Last release
Since 2020

Best fit

Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general

Tags

  • dns-sinkhole
  • ad-blocking
  • network-monitoring
  • privacy
  • blocklists
  • dhcp