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Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly (by lightswitch05)
pihole_adlist_tool
A tool to analyse how your pihole adlists cover you browsing behavior (by yubiuser)
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| hosts | pihole_adlist_tool | |
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| 50 | 28 | |
| 1,485 | 530 | |
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| 9.1 | 5.5 | |
| 5 months ago | 2 months ago | |
| Python | Shell | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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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.
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
pihole_adlist_tool
Posts with mentions or reviews of pihole_adlist_tool.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-05.
- Adlist evaluation
- Getting a clean list of all queried domains?
- Lists for Pi-Hole, thought I would share, 1.8 mil blocked domains
- Compare lists for overlap?
- List of unique blocked domains.
- PiHole Blocklist duplicate comparison/aggregation script?
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Which Ad Block lists are more effective and which ad blocking test do you recommend?
If you want to, you can reevaluate the added lists after 14-30 days using this tool (not supported by PiHole devs) to audit which lists are actually used. I’ve run this tool and discovered that several lists I added weren’t doing anything at all (If you need help with this tool please use the GitHub page to discuss).
- Is there a script/program to test dns resolution for a list of domains?
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New PiHole Owner - How many blocklists?
There's also a script which a reddit user (I forget whom) has created that you can use to analyze which of all the lists you have are redundant or unused. Here's his git: https://github.com/yubiuser/pihole_adlist_tool
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I have ~4M domains on blocklist, how to determine what is blocking what's not?
The pihole_adlist_tool by yubiuser is probably what you are looking for. It will give you an overview of which of your adlists are actually used and which ones have never provided a single block. It will even automatically deselect the unused adlists for you if you chose so.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing hosts and pihole_adlist_tool 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.
pihole-regex - Custom regex filter list for use with Pi-hole.
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
the-quantum-ad-list
blacklist - Blacklist and Adware Blocking for the Ubiquiti EdgeMax Router
pihole_lists
WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
my-pihole-blocklists - Create custom pi-hole blocklists
techtalk - This git repo holds all the code, and text to follow along wih the youtube series of Piwi's TechTalk.
hosts vs The Blocklist Project
pihole_adlist_tool vs pihole-regex
hosts vs hosts
pihole_adlist_tool vs pihole-updatelists
hosts vs firebog-ticked-list
pihole_adlist_tool vs the-quantum-ad-list
hosts vs blacklist
pihole_adlist_tool vs pihole_lists
hosts vs WindowsSpyBlocker
pihole_adlist_tool vs Pi-hole
hosts vs my-pihole-blocklists
pihole_adlist_tool vs techtalk