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RouteDNS vs AdGuard Home: catalog facts
RouteDNS	AdGuard Home
Free Free to download and run.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Supports DoT, DoH, DoQ and DTLS upstreams Flexible routing of queries between resolvers	Acts as a DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-QUIC server itself One binary with a web interface, so installation is straightforward
Configured through files, no graphical interface Takes DNS knowledge to set up well	Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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