AdGuard Home source
User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server.
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Self-hosted DNS software (2026)
[DNS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) servers and management tools with advertisement blocking functionality, primarily aimed at home or small networks. _See also: [awesome-sysadmin/DNS - Servers](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin#dns---servers), [awesome-sysadmin/DNS - Control Panels & Domain Management](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin#dns---control-panels--domain-management)_
6 open-source apps · all free & self-hostable
blocky source
Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features (alternative to Pi-hole).
Maza ad blocking source
Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system.
Numa source
Ad-blocking DNS resolver with DNSSEC-validating recursive resolution, DoH/DoT/Oblivious DoH, ephemeral overrides, and local service domains, in a single Rust binary (alternative to Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, NextDNS).
Pi-hole source
Blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring.
Technitium DNS Server source
Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality.