Pi-hole
A black hole for Internet advertisements (by pi-hole)
Technitium DNS Server
Technitium DNS Server (by TechnitiumSoftware)
Pi-hole | Technitium DNS Server | |
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2,377 | 101 | |
52,262 | 5,564 | |
1.3% | 4.9% | |
9.5 | 9.7 | |
7 days ago | 24 days ago | |
Shell | C# | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | 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.
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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.
Pi-hole
Posts with mentions or reviews of Pi-hole.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-06-21.
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Remove Internet Junk from Ground Up: A DNS-Based Approach
P.S. If you want even more control over your DNS resolvers, you can host one of your own using Pi-hole.
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Why do we need DNSSEC?
Your mom should be running this. It would improve her life. Set it up for her.
https://pi-hole.net
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Zero Trust, One Router: Hardening Your Home Lab Like a Cyber Fortress.
Pi-hole: Block ads and trackers at DNS level
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Self-hosting like a final boss: what I actually run on my home lab (and why)
Pi-hole: DNS-level ad-blocking
- Ask HN: What project do you donate to?
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Tools for thoughts1 Date:03/2025 Moderator:Daniel.J.Q.Goh
This part can be link to Pi-Hole Before proceed to configuring VPN, recommended to get "Free DNS" for yourself at MyDNS to manage your own network.
- Ask HN: What are good high information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)
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Using Raspberry Pi Computers For OSINT And Self-Quantification
One of my favorite uses of a Raspberry Pi computer is Pi-hole. Which is promoted as a network-wide advertisement blocker. By installing Pi-hole on a RPi and attaching said device to your home LAN, a whole new world of OSINT and self-quantification is opened up.
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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
Time to set up Pi-Hole on my Rapsberry Pi 4
https://pi-hole.net/
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Sniffnet – monitor your Internet traffic
Tools like https://pi-hole.net does this for the whole house. It comes with a default set of blocked domains and you can easily add to it. It acts as your local DNS for the network.
Technitium DNS Server
Posts with mentions or reviews of Technitium DNS Server.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-08-04.
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ndm VS Technitium DNS Server - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 4 Aug 2024
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Runs on your OpenWrt box: AdGuard Home is network-wide blocking ads and tracking
It works on minimal hardware. I am running it on an Orange Pi 3 LTS.
https://technitium.com/dns/
- Technitium DNS Server: Self host a DNS server for privacy and security
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A simple backup script
#!/bin/bash # Check input file if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo "Usage: $0 " exit 1 fi # Configurable value for zip file suffix SUFFIX="daily" # Get input file DNS_FILE=$1 # Read lines while read -r line; do HOSTNAME=$(echo $line | cut -d',' -f1) IP=$(echo $line | cut -d',' -f2) TOKEN=$(echo $line | cut -d',' -f3) # Construct API URL with IP and token, change any unwanted settings below to false as documented in https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer/blob/master/APIDOCS.md#backup-settings URL="http://$IP:5380/api/settings/backup?token=$TOKEN&blockLists=true&logs=true&scopes=true&apps=true&stats=true&zones=true&allowedZones=true&blockedZones=true&dnsSettings=true&logSettings=true&authConfig=true" # Construct output file name FILE_NAME=$HOSTNAME-$IP-$(date +%Y%m%d)-$SUFFIX.zip # Call API curl -o $FILE_NAME $URL done < $DNS_FILE
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Overwatch 2 disconnects when using Windows Server 2022 for DHCP/DNS
You can try using a DNS/DHCP server other than the Windows one, e.g. Technitium I use this on Linux but as it is written in Dotnet it will of course also work on Windows https://technitium.com/dns/
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Has anyone been able to set up dockerized CrowdSec in front of dockerized NPM using official images only?
I recently made an effort to harden my network due to (technically) exposing more of it with FireZone (WireGuard). For the curious, I shared some details in a recent comment. I didn't mention it in the comment, but I also set up local DNS (Technitium) with block lists.
- Self hosted DNS solution
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User security and access
Thanks for asking. There is already a feature request on Github for it. It is not planned to be implemented for now since there are some core features that are prioritized to be implemented. But it should come later once the planned features are implemented.
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Technitium DNS Server v11.3 Released!
See what's new in this release: https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
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Gravity - A new, open source DNS/DHCP server with Adblocking and inbuilt config replication
How would this compare to https://technitium.com/dns/?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Pi-hole and Technitium DNS Server you can also consider the following projects:
graylog - Free and open log management
PowerDNS-Admin - A PowerDNS web interface with advanced features
dnscrypt-proxy - dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.
awesome-selfhosted - A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
the-quantum-ad-list
WPF-GO-dnscrypt-proxy-md - A GREAT GUI Offline Tool for manipulating/seeking resolver list of repique and dnscrypt proxy. Documentary work done. Read Wiki first.