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Pi-hole or AdGuard for home dns-based blocking? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey folks, I just realized my pihole server, running on a Ras Pi 3 needs to be rebuilt from scratch. I've seen many mentions of AdGuard DNS here though. What's your thinking on which is better now?

We're a small family, looking for a basic ad blocking, set it and forget it, solution.

EDIT: I'd prefer the software be open source.

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[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

PiHole is a pain in the ass to install in x86 Arch Linux, so I installed Technitium on my old laptop to be my home DNS server.

I have a laptop at my home that I use as a VPN exit node from Tailscail, and I installed Technitium there, to works also as a ad blocker. Really sweet to my needs.

It works pretty well

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Installing pihole on raspbian 'just works' but OK.

Does it include filter lists and do those get auto-updated like pihole? What about whitelists and blacklists?

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it does.

Actually with Technitium you can add a list from the internet, so it's always up-to-date with the deny list you want... And yes, it does have whitelist and blacklist. Is a pretty complete DNS server

[–] 1984@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

AdguardHome has those features as well. What made you choose Technitium over AdguardHome?

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 9 months ago

I didn't know AdGuardHome while back when I was looking for a PiHole alternative. That's why I chose Technitium over AdGuardHome

[–] sunred@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

+1 for the Technitium DNS server. I run it in Docker on a pi4 because I need a proper local dns server first that does DoH and ad and tracker blocking second. It does the latter just as well as pihole and adguard with support for many more list formats but pihole and adguard do dns just on a really basic level.