Two hand-approved projects in our catalog replace NextDNS. Both are privacy software. Pi-hole has the most GitHub stars (61.6K). Tick what matters to you and the list re-sorts so the closest fits come first.
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Pick what matters below. For now the two alternatives are in order of GitHub stars.
Block ads and trackers for every device on your network at once.
Blocks ads in apps, smart TVs and other devices that cannot run a browser extension.
Shows every DNS query, which device asked and what Pi-hole did with it.
Groups let different devices follow different blocklists and domain rules.
Does not meet: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in ShellDoes not meet: In a stack
Blocks ads and trackers for every device on your network.
Block ads, trackers, phishing and malware domains for every device on the network, including smart TVs.
Choose your blocklists, add your own filtering rules and enforce parental control and safe search.
Use encrypted upstream DNS and serve DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-QUIC yourself.
Does not meet: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
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