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Pi-hole vs NxFilter: catalog facts
Pi-hole	NxFilter
Free Free and open source under the European Union Public Licence 1.2, funded by donations and…	Free Free for all uses, including commercial ones.
Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Self-hosted
Blocks advertising in mobile apps and on smart televisions, not just browsers Covers every device on the network with nothing installed on them	Per-user policies and reports with Active Directory integration Screen time control and data caps
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	Not open source More setup than needed for a single household
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: EUPL-1.2	License not stated
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 23, 2026

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