pihole-regex
Custom regex filter list for use with Pi-hole. (by mmotti)
blocky
Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features (by 0xERR0R)
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MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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pihole-regex
Posts with mentions or reviews of pihole-regex.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-16.
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Important Update: Changes to Blocklist Syntax Support
There are wrappers for updating regex lists that can be modified with other URLs. This was floating around for a while: https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/install.py and this is another method: https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/documentation/general/refreshing-piholes-regex-block-list-from-external-sources.html With enough regex tweaking I bet you could shave at least tens of thousands of lines off your list, and it could be divided into regex entries for domains where it makes sense, with the rest being non-regex domain entries. Simple regex that is functionally equivalent to AdBlock style wildcard blocks won't notably bog down the system either. It might take a few hours to get a workflow going to streamline producing such a list, but it can be done.
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Potential problem: Trouble with Pi-hole blocking ads etc
I also have a bunch of RegEx blacklisted from this pihole-regex/regex.list at master · mmotti/pihole-regex · GitHub and these:
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Looking for a decent blocklist
Here's a list of domains I've used for years. All of which have been collected from different websites and sources such as https://firebog.net/ and https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex.
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Chrome says that they're no longer allowing ad-blocker extensions to work starting in January
I also suggest these regex blocks
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Any simple/conservative lists that just block ads, not trackers that might break mobile apps and web sites?
Your mileage may vary, but a combination of the default pi-hole list, the firebog.net lists (green, checkmark lists only), and the https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/regex.list do a pretty complete job for me.
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Pi-hole not blocking a good amount of ads
While not perfect, and does not directly address the YouTube ads, I can suggest setting up mmotti's Regex Filters for Pi-hole.
- Corrupted pihole died and it used to block advertisements for other shows on HBO Max. New pihole installation does not. What list/regex entry blocks HBO Max ads?
- Ist there a way to block a URL other than the host file?
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What regex entries do you use? The regex megathread is several years old at this point and I was unsure if there are any new ones to add.
I did also find these as well: https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/regex.list
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Blocking AMP Links with AdGuard Home Regex?
Maybe this help: https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex
blocky
Posts with mentions or reviews of blocky.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-10.
- Show HN: Blocky – Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network
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Would it make sense to run pihole in a kubernetes cluster with multiple instances?
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
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I have progressively been upgrading my small apartment lab over the last week
The PI is running a DNS proxy (https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky) and not much else at the moment.
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Give me your advice re. DNS, naming, nginx reverse proxy etc
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.
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Anti-Affinity across namespaces and Deployments. Does it work?
You could try using blocky instead of pihole. It's stateless and much more friendly to run.
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In depth comparison: PiHole vs AdGuardHome vs Blocky ...
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]
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Issue deploying Pihole on kubernetes
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!
- Searching for selfhosted DNS Server
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What are some of your favorite self-hosted programs written in golang or rust?
Still, to answer the question: https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky
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Best option for homelab ad blocking...POLL
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.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pihole-regex and blocky you can also consider the following projects:
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
pi-hole-block-list
AdGuardHome - Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server
FilterLists - :shield: The independent, comprehensive directory of filter and host lists for advertisements, trackers, malware, and annoyances.
CoreDNS - CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins
the-quantum-ad-list
pihole-updatelists - Update Pi-hole's lists from remote sources easily
pihole_adlist_tool - A tool to analyse how your pihole adlists cover you browsing behavior
cloudflared - Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)
no-google - Completely block Google and its services
bypass-paywalls-chrome - Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
pihole-regex vs Pi-hole
blocky vs Pi-hole
pihole-regex vs pi-hole-block-list
blocky vs AdGuardHome
pihole-regex vs FilterLists
blocky vs CoreDNS
pihole-regex vs the-quantum-ad-list
blocky vs pihole-updatelists
pihole-regex vs pihole_adlist_tool
blocky vs cloudflared
pihole-regex vs no-google
blocky vs bypass-paywalls-chrome