Pi-Hole-for-WSL1
Ad-blocking DNS server for Windows • Unbound pre-configured • Deployment ready in minutes • Does not require hypervisor/docker (by DesktopECHO)
simplewall
Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer. (by henrypp)
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| Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 | simplewall | |
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| 48 | 166 | |
| 321 | 2,120 | |
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| 3.4 | 9.3 | |
| about 1 month ago | almost 3 years ago | |
| Batchfile | C | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
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.
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If I use a VPN on the device hosting Pi-hole, does Pi-hole use the VPN?
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.
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Bizarre issue: Computer on my network cannot be reached by other devices, including router, but is communicating with pi-hole
NAS directly connected to router via ethernet, Windows 10, running Pi-hole on Windows
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Help please - clients not showing? :S
As the pinned comment in that thread indicates, support queries for such should be directed to the project.
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Close to Complete PH4WSL Setup - Cannot Figure out iPhone and other Devices
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.
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I want to use pihole on windows
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.
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Using PiHole with a mobile device, changing WiFi networks
Pi-hole for Windows on GitHub - Installer walk-thru on YouTube
- Help updating PH4WSL1.cmd. Where do I run these commands on?
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DesktopEcho Pihole for Win10
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.
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Are there commercial applications available?
For anyone who's curious for the repo I used, here it is: Pi-hole-for-wsl1 (github)
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Do I need raspberry pi for pihole? Can't get it anywhere!
This may be to your liking.
simplewall
Posts with mentions or reviews of simplewall.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.
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PECKER BURST - PING - SERVER issues fix!
EU server list: https://pastebin.com/raw/Sh1VXdTZ - compatibile with simplewall - just update game install path for records (find & replace all)
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Windows users report appearance of unwanted HP app
You could install WPD (https://wpd.app/), use Simplewall (https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall) and a pihole on the network to block a lot, but it's still sad that we need to do this.
Apple alternatives include LuLu (https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu)
- How to remove telemetry completely with one open source simple firewall
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Something went wrong with pin
Edit: Now that I am back on a PC I did find this https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall/issues/1307 Basically same issue I had and how to address it. Figured I post for future readers lol.
- Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS
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Asian rage cheaters on Europe servers.
Using third party software. Yes. (it is just gui for windows firewall)
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OpenSnitch in Debian ready for prime time
I use OpenSnitch on Linux which is great, and if you are looking for a similar software for Windows I can recommend simplewall.
https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
- New iCUE v5.1 update
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Any free alternatives to Glasswire? (personal firewall with per-app blocking and bandwidth monitor). •
I'm currently using https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
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Configuration to allow mobile hotspot on windows 10?
I have been using simplewall for a long time. I love it. But I can not use mobile hotspot for local wireless lan.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 and simplewall you can also consider the following projects:
gravity-sync - 💫 The easy way to synchronize the DNS configuration of two Pi-hole 5.x instances.
portmaster - 🏔 Love Freedom - ❌ Block Mass Surveillance
docker-pi-hole - Pi-hole in a docker container
firewall
web - Pi-hole Dashboard for stats and more
WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows
kWSL - KDE Neon 6.0 installer for WSL1 or WSL2.
CCStopper - [Archived] Stops Adobe's pesky background apps and more 😉
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.
portmaster-packaging - Portmaster packages and installers
xWSL - Installer script for Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 with XFCE 4.18 desktop in WSL. Does not require hypervisor, container, or X11 server.
SecureUxTheme - 🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs gravity-sync
simplewall vs portmaster
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs docker-pi-hole
simplewall vs firewall
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs web
simplewall vs WindowsSpyBlocker
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs kWSL
simplewall vs CCStopper
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs wirehole
simplewall vs portmaster-packaging
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 vs xWSL
simplewall vs SecureUxTheme