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AdGuard Home vs Blocky: catalog facts
AdGuard Home	Blocky
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
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	One small binary with no database, ideal for containers and small boards Per-client and per-group blocking rules, with encrypted upstream resolvers
Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker	Configuration is YAML only; there is no built-in administration interface
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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