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

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