Blocky

Blocky is a lightweight local network DNS proxy and ad blocker written in Go language. It supports external blocking lists, Regex support, custom rules according to client groups, and modern DNS protocols such as DoH, DoT and DoQ. It does not collect user data or telemetry; it offers Prometheus, Grafana, and various database integrations.

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0xERR0R · DNS & Ad Blocking

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VERSIONv0.9.1
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DNSAd-BlockingGoSelf-HostedApache-2.0

Common commercial products in this category: NextDNS, Cisco Umbrella, AdGuard DNS

What can it do?
  • Block DNS queries with external lists, Regex and CNAME control
  • With cache and prefetching features, you increase the DNS response speed
  • You analyze queries by saving them to CSV or different databases
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

    “It looks like it's much easy to setup DoH with blocky. Blocky's DoT doesn't work for me but it's a pain to setup with Pi-hole and it's impossible to make DoH work in Pi-hole.”

  • • NeutralHacker News

    Blocky – a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network

    “Blocky is better because it uses less resources ,only a single yml onfig file and dns queries are faster as it's stateless”

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