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

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Neither. Nextdns can block ads plus much more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

That’s what I’ve been using too. You can combine them to have a local dns with more restrictions too.

Personally I just run named/bind for my local(lab) dns with NextDNS as the forwarders. Everything else use uses their app and/or gets the resolved configured to use it. Keeps everything safe and fast. Well worth a small fee imho.

Highly recommend NextDNS!!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And much more? Can you elaborate on how NextDNS does "much more" than PiHole? PiHole is a DNS server, not an adblocker, though most people use it in that capacity.

[–] mark3748 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

NextDNS is also a DNS server. It is a much more robust service but it is not self-hosted.

I use it because it’s insanely easy to use and isn’t limited to my own network. For internal DNS I use PowerDNS with NextDNS upstream. Since I have 6 users and 4 servers (3 of which are VM hosts) I pay for it, but most home users would never need to.

Check it out, NextDNS.io