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Pi-hole vs pfBlockerNG: catalog facts
Pi-hole	pfBlockerNG
Free Free and open source under the European Union Public Licence 1.2, funded by donations and…	Free Installed as a package within pfSense software; the documentation lists no separate…
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	Network-wide IP and DNS blocklists from the firewall Country and IP range blocking
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 runs on pfSense Many options make setup involved for newcomers
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
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 September 24, 2026

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