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AdGuard Home vs mosdns: catalog facts
AdGuard Homemosdns
Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…

Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted 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
  • Rule-based routing of domains to different upstreams
  • Supports DoT, DoH and DoQ
  • Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing
  • Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker
  • Documentation is in Chinese
  • Configuration requires editing plugin rules by hand
Self-hosted Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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