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Diversion vs Pi-hole: catalog facts
Diversion	Pi-hole
Free Free script installed through amtm.	Free Free and open source under the European Union Public Licence 1.2, funded by donations and…
Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Network-wide blocking directly on the router Managed and updated through amtm	Blocks advertising in mobile apps and on smart televisions, not just browsers Covers every device on the network with nothing installed on them
Only works on Asus routers with Asuswrt-Merlin firmware Router storage and memory limit how large blocklists can be	Runs on Linux; it is not a program you install on a laptop Over-blocking breaks sites, and someone has to fix it when it does
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: EUPL-1.2
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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