Pi-hole

Networking

Network-wide ad and tracker blocking via DNS.

Pi-hole is a network-wide DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and trackers for every device on your network — phones, smart TVs and apps included — with no client-side software to install. Its web dashboard gives real-time query statistics, per-client insights and easy allow/deny list management, and it can double as your network's DHCP server.

License

EUPL-1.2

GitHub stars

61,000

Official website

https://pi-hole.net

Source code

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

Compatibility

Architectures

amd64, arm64

Database

SQLite

Resource footprint

512 MB RAM · 1 CPU

Extremely lightweight — the classic 'runs on a Raspberry Pi' network-wide ad blocker. Footprint mainly scales with total DNS query volume across your network and how large your blocklists are, not with the number of client devices.

Proof of Work Gallery

Dashboard
Settings
Query Log

Deployment

services:
  pihole:
    image: pihole/pihole:latest
    container_name: pihole
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "53:53/tcp"
      - "53:53/udp"
      - "80:80/tcp"
    environment:
      TZ: 'Europe/Sofia'
      FTLCONF_webserver_api_password: 'change-me'
    volumes:
      - pihole-etc:/etc/pihole
      - pihole-dnsmasq:/etc/dnsmasq.d
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN

volumes:
  pihole-etc:
  pihole-dnsmasq:

Alternative to

NextDNS, AdGuard DNS (cloud), Commercial DNS ad-blocking services