catalog · 6 tools

DNS

Sorted by GitHub stars, which measures attention rather than fitness. Read the release date and the commit count next to it before picking one.

Tool	What it is	License	Stars	Last release	Commits 3mo
Pi-hole Blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring. EUPL-1.2 · released 2026-07-06	Blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring.	EUPL-1.2	60,793	v6.4.32026-07-06	13
AdGuard Home User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-18	User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server.	GPL-3.0	36,751	v0.107.792026-08-18	75
Technitium DNS Server Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-07-11	Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality.	GPL-3.0	9,844	v15.4.02026-07-11	43
blocky Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features (alternative to Pi-hole). Apache-2.0 · released 2026-09-05	Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features (alternative to Pi-hole).	Apache-2.0	6,924	v0.35.02026-09-05	77
Maza ad blocking Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system. Apache-2.0 · released unknown	Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system.	Apache-2.0	1,870	n/ano date	2
Numa Ad-blocking DNS resolver with DNSSEC-validating recursive resolution, DoH/DoT/Oblivious DoH, ephemeral overrides, and local service domains, in a single Rust binary (alternative to Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, NextDNS). MIT · released 2026-08-20	Ad-blocking DNS resolver with DNSSEC-validating recursive resolution, DoH/DoT/Oblivious DoH, ephemeral overrides, and local service domains, in a single Rust binary (alternative to Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, NextDNS).	MIT	1,433	v0.23.02026-08-20	65

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