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Pi-hole vs NetShield DNS Resolver: catalog facts
Pi-hole	NetShield DNS Resolver
Free Free and open source under the European Union Public Licence 1.2, funded by donations and…	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Android
Blocks advertising in mobile apps and on smart televisions, not just browsers Covers every device on the network with nothing installed on them	Offers VPN sinkhole and local DNS server modes Supports DoH, DoT and UDP upstreams
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	Imported VPN profiles can be managed but not used for tunneling
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: EUPL-1.2	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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 October 8, 2026

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