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Diversion vs AdGuard Home: catalog facts
DiversionAdGuard Home
Free

Free script installed through amtm.

Free

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

Self-hosted, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Network-wide blocking directly on the router
  • Managed and updated through amtm
  • 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
  • Only works on Asus routers with Asuswrt-Merlin firmware
  • Router storage and memory limit how large blocklists can be
  • 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
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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