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AdGuard Home
★ 28kDNS server that blocks ads and tracking network-wide, with encrypted DNS and per-client rules.
AdGuard Home does the job of NextDNS, self-hosted. It is GPL-3.0-licensed, a copyleft licence, and it installs in about one command. NextDNS bills $2 for it. 28k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for NextDNS.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Self-hosting
- Easy
- The paid one costs
- $2
- GitHub stars
- 28k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have not written a verdict on NextDNS yet, so this page says what AdGuard Home is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.
AdGuard Home questions
Is AdGuard Home open source?
Yes — it is released under GPL-3.0.
Can I self-host AdGuard Home?
Yes — we rate it easy to self-host.