Pi-hole
Pi-hole is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Network Utilities & DNS category, licensed EUPL-1.2 and written mainly in Shell. It ships a Docker image. It has 61,462 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 61,462
- Forks
- 3,340
- Open issues
- 25
- Commits, last 12 months
- 339
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- v6.5Oct 17, 2026
- Created
- Jun 8, 2014
- License
- EUPL-1.2Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 339 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 339 |
| Latest release | v6.5 (Oct 17, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 |
| Releases, all time | 127 |
| Open issues | 25 |
| Open pull requests | 16 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 8, 2014 |
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About Pi-hole
Blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.
Topics
- pi-hole
- ad-blocker
- shell
- blocker
- raspberry-pi
- cloud
- dnsmasq
- dhcp
- dhcp-server
- dns-server
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- Roundups
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Is Pi-hole free and open source?
Yes. Pi-hole is open-source software released under the EUPL-1.2 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Pi-hole with Docker?
Yes. Pi-hole provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Pi-hole?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Pi-hole include AdGuard Home, MyIP and Technitium DNS Server.
Is Pi-hole actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Pi-hole was on Oct 24, 2026 with 339 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v6.5, published Oct 17, 2026. It had 25 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.