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Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I'm looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I'd like something that'll run as an LXC container or a VM. I'm also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

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[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Adguard-home is way better than pi-hole imo

[–] Guajojo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Pihole user for more than 5 years,.can confirm that it is indeed better, made the switch few months ago

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What makes adguard home better than pihole? Genuinely curious, I'm running pihole now and have been for a couple of years without issues.

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Replied here https://sh.itjust.works/comment/7637726

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

As an AdGuard home user for more than a few years, I switched back to Pihole because it wasn’t really any better. It was also easier to pair pihole with Unbound.

[–] Maximilious@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

What makes it better other than the UI? I'm weary of using it because it is developed by Russian developers.

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus it's easy to run multiple AdGuard Home servers and keep them in sync using https://github.com/bakito/adguardhome-sync

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh, oh, oh, gimme that!!

First time i hear about something like that, i'm going to install it asap

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 10 months ago

It works well! I have one AdGuardHome instance running on my home server and one running on a Raspberry Pi, both using Docker. Having two prevents the internet from breaking in case I have to shut down one of them for some reason.