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Show HN: AdGuard Home – an open source network-wide ad blocker

6 pointsby ameshkovover 6 years ago

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ameshkovover 6 years ago
Here is a short FAQ<p>1. Where is the code?<p>Here it is: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;AdguardTeam&#x2F;AdGuardHome" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;AdguardTeam&#x2F;AdGuardHome</a><p>2. Pi-hole?<p>Pi-hole is awesome! Actually, before AdGuard Home launch it was the only viable option. Now you have a choice.<p>Also, we named this version &quot;0.9&quot; for a reason. It is just the beginning, and a lot of new features are going to be implemented in the nearest future.<p>Notable features&#x2F;differences of the current version:<p>* AdGuard Home has the same software under the hood as we use for our public AdGuard DNS servers (which are quite popular) so it is ready for the heavy load.<p>* Simple UI, configure malware&#x2F;phishing blocking, blocking adult websites or enforcing safe search, all in a couple of clicks.<p>* It understands adblock rules syntax, so you don&#x27;t need 10k lines hosts files to block doubleclick subdomains.<p>* It shows you some metadata about domains, and it&#x27;s quite interesting to see who really tracks you.<p>* AdGuard is built on modern tech and written entirely in golang, which makes the further development easier. It is not a set of different tools (like pi-hole), but a single binary - easy to deploy and manage, and it can be compiled for whatever platform you want.<p>3. Future plans?<p>It always annoyed me in pi-hole that setting it up as I wish required time and considerable technical expertise. You cannot get a private VPN+pi-hole in one click.<p>What I want is a simple and easy-to-configure software (or even hardware) that will cover all the basic needs including easy deploy and configuration and one-click set up of a private VPN to use on your mobile devices.<p>Ideally, in some not-very-distant future, I want my mom to use AG Home, but I can&#x27;t tell her &quot;hey mom, get an RPi and read this manual about configuring AG Home.&quot; I want to be able to give her a device, and say &quot;plug it in and voila&quot; :)
ObsoleteNerdover 6 years ago
Does anyone have a good pro&#x2F;con comparison between AdGuard and Pi-Hole?