I’ve run Pi-hole in my homelab for years and benefited from using the service. As well as the hands-on education.
With that said, what is everyone else’s experience with the software? Do you use Pi-hole in your homelab setup? I would assume many hundreds of thousands of people use Pi-hole.
Edit #1:
The image attached to this post is my RPi 5, which hosts the Pi-hole software. Big supporter of the whole “SBCs for learning and home improvement” mentality.
Edit #2:
It is interesting to see the broad support for Pi-hole and DNS blockers in general. The more options, the healthier the tech ecosystem is, which benefits everyone.


I mean, it seems like Pihole is generally talked about first as a “ad filter” when it’s discussed online and second as a dns resolver. But either way, just saying that the use for that is pretty much overblown and not worth actually trying for a smart tv, for example, where you can’t normally block ads anyway. (Might be nice for preventing software updates, though.)