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AdGuard Home

User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server.

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? Yes: 70 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.107.79 (Aug 2026).

Also an alternative to Pi-hole Cloud.

Docker #2 of 6 in DNS

At a glance

AdGuard Home quick facts

Health score
98/100 GOOD
Stars
37,919
Last commit
3 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.107.79, Aug 2026
Licence
GPL-3.0
View AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to AdGuard Home

Full rankings: Pi-hole Cloud alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "Free and open source, powerful network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

AdGuard Home scores 98/100, #2 of 6 in DNS: 70 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.107.79, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 37,919 stars add 18.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.7 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    70 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.107.79 released 2 months ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 18.3 / 20

    38k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

248 commits over the last 12 months
70
Last 90 days
248
Last 12 months
3 days ago
Last push

Ranked #2 of 6 tools in DNS by health , between Pi-hole (#1) and Technitium DNS Server (#3) .

Details

LicenceGPL-3.0
PlatformsDocker
Latest releasev0.107.79 · 2 months ago
Stars37,919
Open issues1,141
DockerYes
RepositoryAdguardTeam/AdGuardHome ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

AdGuard Home vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with AdGuard Home (DNS), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Pi-hole 99 62k EUPL-1.2 3 days ago
AdGuard Home (this tool) 98 38k GPL-3.0 3 days ago
Technitium DNS Server 96 10k GPL-3.0 6 days ago
blocky 95 7.1k Apache-2.0 2 days ago
Numa 93 2k MIT yesterday
Maza ad blocking 25 1.9k Apache-2.0 3 months ago

AdGuard Home: common questions

What does AdGuard Home replace?

Repoly lists AdGuard Home as an open-source alternative to Pi-hole Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where AdGuard Home stands against the others.

Is AdGuard Home still maintained?

AdGuard Home had 70 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.107.79, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.