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Pi-hole

Network-wide ad blocker that runs on a Raspberry Pi or any Linux machine. Acts as DNS sinkhole, blocking ads and trackers for every device on your network without installing anything on each device.

Free

Performance

Ad Blocking 94%
Privacy 92%
Ease of Setup 80%
Value for Money 100%

Key Features

DNS sinkhole
Network-wide blocking
Dashboard
Custom blocklists
Whitelist
Query logging
DHCP server
API

✓ What We Like

DNS sinkhole
Network-wide blocking
Dashboard

✗ What Could Be Better

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