blocky VS balena-adguard

I run multiple blocky instances in a kubernetes cluster. I don't know if it makes sense ... but I'm running kubernetes cluster at home, so making sense is relative ;p

The PI is running a DNS proxy (https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky) and not much else at the moment.

I switched from pihole to https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky for internal DNS, and I found it to be a lot easier to use compared to pihole. Setting up DNS entries was as easy as typing a single line in their config.yml, and restarting the service.

You could try using blocky instead of pihole. It's stateless and much more friendly to run.

Link to the Projects' GitHub pages: 1. https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky [Blocky] 2. https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome [AdguardHome] 3. https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole [Pi-hole]

Any specific feature you need from pihole that Blocky doesn't have? Blocky is a much nicer tool for AdBlocking especially if deployed in k8s because it's stateless and configured via a single config file. Plus it's written in Go!

Still, to answer the question: https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky

There is also blocky. I like it because it is light, declarative, stateless, can use redis as cache and has prometheus integration. This plays really nicely with my setup.

Younglings? You also should consider installing AdGuard Home on a mini PC, Raspberry Pi, etc. and using it for your home DNS server. AdGuard Home has a Family protection mode that blocks inappropriate sites and enforces safe browsing while also blocking ads and trackers.

I prefer AdGuard Home to Pi Hole. https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html

AdGuard Home LXC - Network wide ad-blocker

Maybe try adguard home which is similar to pihole but has a feature where you can block specific websites and social media so seems more like what you are looking for: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html

You don't need a Raspberry Pi to run Pi-hole. You can run it in Docker. AdGuard Home is an alternative to Pi-hole.

Adguard home : https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html

However, personally i recommend a selfhosted variant like PiHole or Adguard Home, which offer both network wide adblocking. The latter offers an easier setup and features out of the box.