Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs web

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Pi-Hole-for-WSL1		web
	Project
48	Mentions	118
321	Stars	1,909
-	Growth	1.9%
3.4	Activity	7.4
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Batchfile	Language	PHP
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Pi-Hole-for-WSL1

Posts with mentions or reviews of Pi-Hole-for-WSL1. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-02.

If I use a VPN on the device hosting Pi-hole, does Pi-hole use the VPN?
1 project | /r/pihole | 8 Jul 2023

I have a NAS running Windows hosting Pi-hole thanks to this. I use a VPN on that NAS and it connects to a server in another country. When I check the IP on any of my other devices, where the Pi-hole is the DNS server, the results show my IP is in my country. When I check the IP on the NAS, it shows as being in the other country.
Bizarre issue: Computer on my network cannot be reached by other devices, including router, but is communicating with pi-hole
1 project | /r/pihole | 16 Jun 2023

NAS directly connected to router via ethernet, Windows 10, running Pi-hole on Windows
Help please - clients not showing? :S
1 project | /r/pihole | 22 May 2023

As the pinned comment in that thread indicates, support queries for such should be directed to the project.
Close to Complete PH4WSL Setup - Cannot Figure out iPhone and other Devices
1 project | /r/pihole | 14 Apr 2023

Also worth mentioning that on the project page, it states it's not an 'official' supported install method, and you should use the project's issues page for support questions. Don't want to bug the devs with an issue that might be Windows-specific.
I want to use pihole on windows
1 project | /r/pihole | 12 Apr 2023

NOTE: It's not an 'official' method to run Pi-hole, which means do not request support here. Use the project's GitHub site and file an issue there instead.
Using PiHole with a mobile device, changing WiFi networks
1 project | /r/pihole | 22 Mar 2023

Pi-hole for Windows on GitHub - Installer walk-thru on YouTube
Help updating PH4WSL1.cmd. Where do I run these commands on?
1 project | /r/pihole | 1 Mar 2023
DesktopEcho Pihole for Win10
1 project | /r/pihole | 4 Feb 2023

https://github.com/DesktopECHO/Pi-Hole-for-WSL1/issues/76 may have some information to help, or at least some steps to gather a bit more data for troubleshooting.
Are there commercial applications available?
1 project | /r/pihole | 31 Jan 2023

For anyone who's curious for the repo I used, here it is: Pi-hole-for-wsl1 (github)
Do I need raspberry pi for pihole? Can't get it anywhere!
6 projects | /r/pihole | 2 Jan 2023

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web

Posts with mentions or reviews of web. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-06.

Any plans for pihole 6.0?
2 projects | /r/pihole | 6 Jul 2023
Confusing issue with pi-hole
2 projects | /r/pihole | 23 Jun 2023

Web Interface v5.20.1
Pi-hole FTL v5.23, Web v5.20 and Core v5.17 released
8 projects | /r/pihole | 28 May 2023
Settings page is not showing up
1 project | /r/pihole | 9 Apr 2023

If you are, this is a known issue, already fixed on development.
Core update v5.16.2 to address Gravity resource exhaustion.
1 project | /r/pihole | 27 Mar 2023
DNS Issues
3 projects | /r/pihole | 21 Feb 2023

Web Interface v5.18.4
Why does my temperature unit preference get changed from Fahrenheit back to Celcius every time I update pihole?
1 project | /r/pihole | 8 Feb 2023

This behavior will change and will always use the value set by the user (https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/pull/2516).
Netdata release 1.38.0
9 projects | /r/linux | 6 Feb 2023

We monitor Pi-hole, the Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application via its PHP API.
Pi-hole Web v5.18.2 and Core v5.15.1 released
2 projects | /r/pihole | 23 Jan 2023

remove hard-coded /admin/ path by @gstrauss in #2461
Programming Pi-Hole from the Ground Up
5 projects | /r/pihole | 19 Jan 2023

The web interface (https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 and web you can also consider the following projects:

simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements

gravity-sync - 💫 The easy way to synchronize the DNS configuration of two Pi-hole 5.x instances.

docker-pi-hole - Pi-hole in a docker container

AdminLTE - AdminLTE - Free admin dashboard template based on Bootstrap 5

kWSL - KDE Neon 6.0 installer for WSL1 or WSL2.

FTL - The Pi-hole FTL engine

wirehole - WireHole is a combination of WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound in a docker-compose project with the intent of enabling users to quickly and easily create a personally managed full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN with ad blocking capabilities thanks to Pi-hole, and DNS caching, additional privacy options, and upstream providers via Unbound.

PADD - PADD (formerly Chronometer2) is a more expansive version of the original chronometer.sh that is included with Pi-Hole. PADD provides in-depth information about your Pi-hole.

xWSL - Installer script for Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 with XFCE 4.18 desktop in WSL. Does not require hypervisor, container, or X11 server.

shell2http - Executing shell commands via HTTP server