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Adblock Fast vs AdGuard Home: catalog facts
Adblock Fast	AdGuard Home
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Very low memory use on small routers Works with several DNS resolvers	Acts as a DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-QUIC server itself One binary with a web interface, so installation is straightforward
Requires a router running OpenWrt Small project with a limited user base	Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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