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Maza vs AdGuard Home: catalog facts
Maza	AdGuard Home
Free Free to download and use from GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Blocks ads for every browser and application at once Only needs Bash, with no extra services to run	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
Command-line only, with no graphical interface Needs root privileges to change system DNS settings	Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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