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AdGuard Home vs RouteDNS: catalog facts
AdGuard Home	RouteDNS
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…	Free Free to download and run.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	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	Supports DoT, DoH, DoQ and DTLS upstreams Flexible routing of queries between 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	Configured through files, no graphical interface Takes DNS knowledge to set up well
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account 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 23, 2026

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