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Pi-hole vs Blocky: catalog facts
Pi-hole	Blocky
Free Free and open source under the European Union Public Licence 1.2, funded by donations and…	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, 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	One small binary with no database, ideal for containers and small boards Per-client and per-group blocking rules, with encrypted upstream resolvers
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	Configuration is YAML only; there is no built-in administration interface
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: EUPL-1.2	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 September 22, 2026

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