Best blocklists April 2021?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/pihole

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  • block

    Let's make an annoyance free, better open internet, altogether!

  • I don’t really care what lists people use. Having said that, I opened a ticket 7 months ago about their hosts formatted lists have HTML in it as well as several invalid entries. The ticket is still open and no one who has commented on it has any clue how to get it fixed. Doesn’t really speak well to the quality of the project IMO, ticket: https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block/issues/547

  • wally3k

  • Glad you like it. If your interested in why it’s not ticked, you can read the conversation here: https://github.com/WaLLy3K/wally3k.github.io/issues/99

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • O365Whitlist

    Whitelist for PiHole and Microsoft 365.

  • pihole-updatelists

    Update Pi-hole's lists from remote sources easily

  • Firebog's easy tick list has been great: https://v.firebog.net/hosts/lists.php?type=tick There is a tool advertised on the site to help keep it in sync, though I've never used it: https://github.com/jacklul/pihole-updatelists Personally I keep mine in sync with a script run as a daily job by anacron: https://github.com/LoganBresnahan/pihole_cron_scripts/blob/main/pihole-adlist-adder-remover

  • pihole_cron_scripts

  • Firebog's easy tick list has been great: https://v.firebog.net/hosts/lists.php?type=tick There is a tool advertised on the site to help keep it in sync, though I've never used it: https://github.com/jacklul/pihole-updatelists Personally I keep mine in sync with a script run as a daily job by anacron: https://github.com/LoganBresnahan/pihole_cron_scripts/blob/main/pihole-adlist-adder-remover

  • hosts

    Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly (by lightswitch05)

  • A good example of what I mean is the XBox Live achievements. It uses a tracker to create those- and it’s a generic tracker, not just for Xbox live. It is blocked in my list, which is great for anyone who doesn’t have or care about Xbox live achievements. If you would rather be tracked and have Xbox live achievements, then ‘opt-in’ to it by whitelisting the tracking domain. See more here: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts#xbox-live-achievements

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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