AdGuard Home

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Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server

DNS server that blocks ads and trackers across the entire network

About

• AdGuard Home is network-wide software for blocking ads and tracking.
• Once installed, it covers all home devices, and no client-side software is needed.
• Works as a DNS server that reroutes tracking domains to a "black hole", preventing devices from connecting to those servers.
• Based on the software used for the public AdGuard DNS servers, and shares a lot of code with it.

See also

• DNS
• Ad blocking
• Pi-hole - a "DNS sinkhole" that blocks all ads within the network

Favorite site

• Github - AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
• AdGuard Home: DNS server that blocks ads and trackers across the entire network | GeekNews
• AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server | Hacker News