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hBlock vs dnscrypt-proxy: catalog facts
hBlock	dnscrypt-proxy
Free Free to download and use.	Free Free and open source under the ISC licence.
Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Single portable POSIX shell script Combines several blocklist sources	DNS-over-HTTPS, DNSCrypt, Anonymized DNS and Oblivious DoH in one proxy Hides your address through Tor, SOCKS proxies or relays
Only protects the machine whose hosts file it writes No per-app or per-request control	Configured by editing a TOML file; there is no interface Running it on one machine protects only that machine
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: ISC
No account needed	No account needed
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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