Privacy-friendly alternatives to Pi-hole
The DNS ad blocking sites closest to Pi-hole, with the fewest trackers first: what each homepage loads before you accept cookies. Pi-hole itself loads 0 trackers.
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AdGuard Ad Blocker — block ads, popups, and trackers
AdGuard is the best way to get rid of annoying ads and online tracking and protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing fast, safe and ad-free
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NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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AdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS server
Create your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific content on the Internet.
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Control D | DNS Filtering for Every OS
Encrypted DNS filtering trusted by 100M+ users. Blocks malware and trackers on every OS. Flat fee per endpoint. Start free.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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Ghostery Ad Blocker | Best Free Ad Blocker & Privacy Tool | Ghostery
Take back control of your online privacy with Ghostery. The #1 privacy suite that gives you the power to block ads, stop trackers, and much more.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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Adblock Plus | The world's #1 free ad blocker
Adblock Plus, the most popular ad blocker on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Android and iOS. Block pop-ups and annoying ads on websites like Facebook and YouTube.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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Lantern VPN: Nonprofit VPN for fast, private, unrestricted internet access
Nonprofit VPN trusted by 250+ million people. Fast, private internet access that bypasses censorship. Free to start, Pro funds open access in censored regions.
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Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
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Psiphon
Open source, and trusted by millions: a censorship-resistant VPN that works where others fail.
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The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin
The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.
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YDNS
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Emby — Your Personal Media Server
Emby is a personal media server that organizes and streams your own videos, music, photos, and live TV to your devices.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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SpamCop.net - Beware of cheap imitations
Beware of cheap imitations! SpamCop has been protecting the internet community since 1998. Automatically file spam reports with the network administrators who can stop unsolicited email at the source. Subscribe, and filter your email before it reaches your inbox.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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Podman
daemonless OCI-compliant container runtime
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
F-Droid is the app distribution ecosystem for Android where your user freedom comes first. Discover our app store, explore the world of free and open source (FOSS) apps and [learn](https://f-droid.org/about/) about our app distribution tools.
No trackers, ad pixels or embeds on its homepage. Compare with Pi-hole →
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traefik.me
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ISPConfig – Hosting Control Panel
ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel for Linux. Manage websites, email, DNS, databases and users on one server or a whole multiserver setup.
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