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AdGuard Home (Software)

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description AdGuard Home (Software) Overview

AdGuard Home is a powerful, self-hosted alternative to Pi-hole, offering more advanced features and a more modern interface for network-level ad and tracker blocking. It provides granular control over filtering lists and query logging, appealing to users who want the power of self-hosting without the steep learning curve of pure DNS software.

help AdGuard Home (Software) FAQ

Can AdGuard Home block YouTube video ads?

Usually not reliably. AdGuard Home blocks domains at the DNS level, while YouTube often serves advertisements and videos from overlapping Google infrastructure that cannot simply be blocked without breaking playback.

What hardware can run AdGuard Home?

Official packages cover Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and several processor architectures, and an official Docker image is available. A Raspberry Pi, small home server, or always-on NAS can therefore provide DNS filtering for the whole network.

How does AdGuard Home differ from Pi-hole?

Both act as network DNS filters, but AdGuard Home includes built-in configuration for encrypted DNS protocols such as DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS. Pi-hole has a different administration ecosystem and is often paired with a separate resolver such as Unbound.

Will AdGuard Home show which device requested each domain?

Yes, if clients send their DNS requests through it and the network preserves their identities. Its query log and client settings can apply different filtering rules to named devices, but browsers using their own encrypted DNS may bypass it.

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