Pi-hole

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A self-hosted DNS sinkhole for network-wide filtering

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SI Score: 80/100
Pricing: Open Source AI reading, not confirmed
Free plan: Not confirmed
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Self-Hosted dns-filtering

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What it does

Pi-hole is an open-source DNS sinkhole operated on a local server to block selected unwanted domains across devices without client extensions.

Pi-hole is useful for a network containing devices that cannot install browser filters. Its README describes a DNS sinkhole with a web dashboard and an optional DHCP role. Plan how devices receive DNS settings and who maintains the server before selecting blocklists. Keep a recovery route for name resolution if the server is unavailable. The installation instructions include downloading the script for inspection before running it.

Strengths

Network-wide domain filtering without client extensions
Local web administration

Best for

Home-network administrators operating a local DNS filter

Sources

<p align="center"> (Oct 26, 2026)
Pi-hole core LICENSE (Oct 26, 2026)

SI Score

80/100

#1 in Security Tools

Based on published information. No hands-on task test.

Method 2.0 · Published source review Assessed Oct 26, 2026Score ceiling for this evidence: 84/100.

Product usefulness 80

Evidence

The install/client-configuration workflow, management outputs and explicit DHCP boundary support a complete bounded network-filter task.

Limits: AI review of saved source passages. No hands-on test, human approval or automatic-provider checker receipt.

Source links and check dates are in Sources and checks below.

Separate website checks

These checks do not add points to the SI Score. They inspect the website's HTML, not the product in use.

Basic website checksunknown

No check recorded.

HTML accessibility checksunknown

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Homepage HTML responseunknown

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Trackers in homepage HTMLunknown

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Page date hintsunknown

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Policy links do not verify a company's conduct. An HTML response time is not application speed. Tracker and accessibility checks miss behavior after page load. Copyright dates do not prove product upkeep.

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Sources and checks

Supporting pages for product usefulness, site facts, prices and separate website checks. Each record keeps its own date. Reading a page does not establish how well the product performs in use.

raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/master/README.md
- PricingAI reading, not confirmedChecked Oct 26, 2026
  The official README describes Pi-hole as free open-source software.
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026
raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/master/LICENSE
- Open sourceAI reading, not confirmedChecked Oct 26, 2026
  The current Pi-hole core licence is EUPL version 1.2, excluding commits predating version3.0 as specified in the notice. This is scoped to the core repository, not an assertion about every bundled component.
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026

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