Pi-hole
Network-wide Ad Blocking for your entire home network
Pi-hole is a self-hosted, network-wide ad blocker that acts as a DNS sinkhole, blocking advertisements and trackers for every device on your network without requiring software on each individual device. It runs on a supported operating system (commonly a Raspberry Pi), intercepts DNS queries, and filters out known ad-serving domains before any content is downloaded. It also includes a web dashboard for monitoring network queries, statistics, and managing block/allowlists.
Pi-hole is installed on a local server or Raspberry Pi and configured as the network's DNS server, blocking requests to known ad-serving domains before they are downloaded.
Home users and hobbyists who want network-wide ad blocking without per-device software
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
Founders
- Dan Schaper
- Adam Warner
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