AdGuardHome vs Blocky
AdGuardHome and Blocky are both network ad blocking software. AdGuardHome is open source under GPL-3.0, with 38k GitHub stars. Blocky is open source under Apache-2.0, with 7.1k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick AdGuardHome when
- You want Pi-hole-style blocking with built-in DoH, DoT and DoQ in a single binary.
- Pick Blocky when
- You want Pi-hole-style network ad blocking as a single stateless binary configured in code, without a built-in web UI.
Side by side
A network-wide DNS server that blocks ads and trackers, with encrypted DNS support, per-client settings and a web dashboard.
A DNS proxy and ad blocker for a local network that applies blocklists per client group and supports DoH, DoT and DoQ, caching and conditional forwarding, all from one YAML file.
DNS blocking cannot stop ads served from the same domains as content.
No admin interface out of the box; query logs and dashboards mean adding a database and Grafana or a third-party UI.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server (both)
Go, TypeScript and React
Go
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
38k GitHub stars
7.1k GitHub stars
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release v0.107.79.
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release v0.35.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.