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NxFilter vs AdGuard Home: catalog facts
NxFilter	AdGuard Home
Free Free for all uses, including commercial ones.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Per-user policies and reports with Active Directory integration Screen time control and data caps	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
Not open source More setup than needed for a single household	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	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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