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Pi-hole vs adblock-lean: catalog facts
Pi-hole	adblock-lean
Free Free and open source under the European Union Public Licence 1.2, funded by donations and…	Free Free to download and use.
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Linux, Command line
Blocks advertising in mobile apps and on smart televisions, not just browsers Covers every device on the network with nothing installed on them	Runs directly on the router, no extra hardware Supports Hagezi blocklists and local lists
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	Only works on OpenWrt Configured from the router shell rather than a web interface
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: EUPL-1.2	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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