Top pick · highest health
blocky
95 GOODFast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features (alternative to Pi-hole).
★ 6.9k · ⟳ today · v0.35.0 · Apache-2.0
DockerGo
Open source alternatives to Pi-hole
We track 2 open-source Pi-hole alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. blocky leads on health at 95/100 with 93 commits in the last 90 days; across all 2 projects you are choosing between Apache-2.0, MIT.
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- 8.4k
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- 180
- Commits / 90 days
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All 2 Pi-hole alternatives, ranked by health
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Numa
93 GOODAd-blocking DNS resolver with DNSSEC-validating recursive resolution, DoH/DoT/Oblivious DoH, ephemeral overrides, and local service domains, in a single Rust binary (alternative to Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, NextDNS).
★ 1.4k · ⟳ 2 days ago · v0.23.0 · MIT
DockerRustNix
Pi-hole alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Pi-hole?
blocky scores highest at 95/100, with 93 commits in the last 90 days, 6.9k GitHub stars and its latest release (v0.35.0) published 9 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which Pi-hole alternatives use a permissive licence?
2 of 2 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): blocky (Apache-2.0), Numa (MIT). 0 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Pi-hole alternatives run in Docker?
2 of 2 publish a Docker image or Compose file: blocky, Numa. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.