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    AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome

    Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server

    networking
    adblock
    adguard
    dns
    dns-over-https
    dns-over-quic
    TypeScript
    GPL-3.0
    38.3K stars
    2.6K forks
    328 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 10, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 94 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #29 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 14, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Blocks ads and trackers network-wide by operating as a DNS server that reroutes unwanted domains to a black hole.
    • Provides full control over filtering rules and network monitoring without requiring client-side software on devices.
    • Use for protecting all home devices from ads and trackers without installing software on each device individually.
    • Use for setting up encrypted DNS protocols like DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS to enhance privacy and security.
    • Use for managing parental controls and blocking adult or malicious domains across a local network.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    Privacy protection center for you and your devices

    Free and open source, powerful network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server.

    AdGuard Home is a network-wide software for blocking ads and tracking. After you set it up, it'll cover ALL your home devices, and you don't need any client-side software for that.

    It operates as a DNS server that re-routes tracking domains to a “black hole”, thus preventing your devices from connecting to those servers. It's based on software we use for our public AdGuard DNS servers, and both share a lot of code.

    To install with curl run the following command:

    To install with wget run the following command:

    To install with fetch run the following command:

    Note that options -r and -u are mutually exclusive.

    Excerpt from the AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 31: +12

    +2,045 stars over 82 days across 9 snapshot days; best day +12 on Aug 31.

    Forks

    2.6K+133

    Open issues

    1.3K+4

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