hosts
Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly (by lightswitch05)
gravity-sync
💫 The easy way to synchronize the DNS configuration of two Pi-hole 5.x instances. (by vmstan)
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| hosts | gravity-sync | |
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| 50 | 121 | |
| 1,485 | 2,133 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.1 | 4.4 | |
| 5 months ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Python | Shell | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.
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.
hosts
Posts with mentions or reviews of hosts.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-24.
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DNS server set to Pihole but no traffic
I've added the Ads & Tracking list and the AMP Hosts list from Developer Dan to the default list; any others you recommend I add? It's hard to tell if the ads coming through are a 'my blocklist isn't good enough' problem or a 'my pihole's not set up properly yet' problem.
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Annoying A/B testing mistakes every engineer should know
Posthog is on developerdans "Ads & Tracking" blocklist[1], if you're wondering why this doesn't load.
[1]: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/docs/list...
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Is it okay to use pi-hole if I don’t know what the hell I’m doing?
This is how you learn. Going forward you'll start noticing some ads and some not, based on the default adlist. I think the default adlist is good enough for starting. But you should also look into developer dan's adlist and ticked firebog adlist.
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What filters do you people use for adguard?
Enable most of the default ones, use DNS filtering. I use Cloudflare DNS. And for some third-party filters you can load, I recommend Steven Black hosts, OISD blocklists, Developer Dan hosts and AnudeepND Blacklist.
- Benign domains randomly being blocked?
- Any recommendations for a streaming device where the home screen is not 90% ads?
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Using pi-hole to reduce my grandparents vulnerability to scams?
Did you bother looking at the sticky issue that says the lists are in maintenance mode? I’m trying un-inspire confidence https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/356
- TikTok Tracks You Across the Web, Even If You Don’t Use App
- Pi-hole FTL v5.18, Web v5.15 and Core v5.12.1 released
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Use more than just the OSID list?
FYI https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/356
gravity-sync
Posts with mentions or reviews of gravity-sync.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.
- Setting up a secondary Pi-Hole on my home network
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Sync Local DNS and Lists on second pihole - latest way?
OR I could implement https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync as it's last commit was a year ago but users still seem to be using it.
- PiHole redundancy
- Have any idea ?
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Is it possible to have 2x DHCP servers with Pi-Hole + Gravity Sync?
I run the split DHCP approach for years without issues. Having only one PiHole with DHCP Server doesn’t give you a fully redundant system. I don’t use Gravity Sync myself, but their wiki covers this case with examples: https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync/wiki/DHCP-Replication
- I did a dumb...
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Two piholes and both with unbound?
the github page has a really good walkthrough and explanation
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Running PiHole on a second server
I don't have anything add to your question. But I recommend installing gravity-sync if you're going to run two piholes. It will sync up DNS entries (among other things) automatically to the second pihole when you add a entry one of them. https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync
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how much traffic would you expect to go to secondary pihole?
If you go the 2 pihole route, I strongly recommend Gravity-Synch. https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync
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Using RPi for Pihole and remote access gateway
Run Pihole on both, if DNS goes down its painful. You can sync them with https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync
What are some alternatives?
When comparing hosts and gravity-sync you can also consider the following projects:
The Blocklist Project - These lists were created because the founder of the project wanted something with a little more control over what is being blocked. Many lists out there are all or nothing. We set out to create lists with more control over what is being blocked and believe that we have accomplished that.
docker-pihole-sync - A Docker Container To Sync Two Piholes
hosts - 🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
pihole-updatelists - Update Pi-hole's lists from remote sources easily
firebog-ticked-list - Merges firebog.net ticked host list to one giant file
AdGuardHome - Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server
blacklist - Blacklist and Adware Blocking for the Ubiquiti EdgeMax Router
pi-hole-keepalived
WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows
docker-pi-hole - Pi-hole in a docker container
my-pihole-blocklists - Create custom pi-hole blocklists
uptime-kuma - A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool
hosts vs The Blocklist Project
gravity-sync vs docker-pihole-sync
hosts vs hosts
gravity-sync vs pihole-updatelists
hosts vs firebog-ticked-list
gravity-sync vs AdGuardHome
hosts vs blacklist
gravity-sync vs pi-hole-keepalived
hosts vs WindowsSpyBlocker
gravity-sync vs docker-pi-hole
hosts vs my-pihole-blocklists
gravity-sync vs uptime-kuma