https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS

Public DNS resolver that protects you from ad trackers
https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS

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Public DNS resolver that protects you from ad trackers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS
• Owner: AdguardTeam
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-12-12T10:52:24.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-10T16:49:52.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T12:16:11.957Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: adblock, adguard, dns, dns-over-https, dns-over-quic, dns-over-tls, dnscrypt, golang, open-source, privacy
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://adguard-dns.io/
• Size: 4.96 MB
• Stars: 754
• Watchers: 35
• Forks: 61
• Open Issues: 248
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: COPYING

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AdGuard DNS is an alternative solution for tracker blocking, privacy protection, and parental control. Easy to set up and free to use, it provides a necessary minimum of best protection against online ads, trackers, and phishing, no matter what platform and device you use.

## DNS privacy

If you use regular client-server protocol, you are at risk of your DNS requests being intercepted and, subsequently, eavesdropped and/or altered. For instance, in the US the Senate voted to eliminate rules that restricted ISPs from selling their users' browsing data. Moreover, DNS is often used for censorship and surveillance purposes on the government level.

All of this is possible due to the lack of encryption, and AdGuard DNS provides a solution. It supports all known DNS encryption protocols including DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-QUIC, and DNSCrypt.

On top of that, AdGuard DNS provides no-logs [privacy policy] which means we do not record logs of your browsing activity.

[privacy policy]: https://adguard-dns.io/privacy.html

## Basic features

- **Blocking trackers network-wide** with no additional software required. You can even set it up on your router to block ads on all devices connected to your home Wi-Fi network.

- Protection from phishing and hazardous websites and malvertising (malicious ads).

- Use the **Family protection** mode of AdGuard DNS to block access to all websites with adult content and enforce safe search in the browser, in addition to the regular perks of ad blocking and browsing security.

### Can AdGuard DNS replace a traditional blocker?

It depends. DNS-level blocking lacks the flexibility of the traditional ad blockers. For instance, there is no cosmetic pages processing. So in general, traditional blockers provide higher quality.

## Personal DNS server

    

AdGuard DNS dashboard

You can sign up for a personal AdGuard DNS account and get access to the following features:

- Manage devices and their settings in one place.

- Manage blocklists that are used to block ads.

- View statistics on the DNS queries, companies, countries your devices try to connect to.

- You can also maintain your own set of rules in the "User rules" section. AdGuard DNS provides a flexible [rules system].

- AdGuard DNS also provides an [API] that can be used to integrate with it if you need that.

[rules system]: https://adguard-dns.io/kb/general/dns-filtering-syntax/

[API]:          https://adguard-dns.io/kb/private-dns/api/overview/

## Software license

Copyright (C) 2022-2024 AdGuard Software Ltd.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.