AdGuard Alternatives for Linux

AdGuard is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Portmaster, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to AdGuard and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to AdGuard are NextDNS, Pi-hole, Privoxy and Zen Ad-Blocker.

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  1. Portmaster icon
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    Free, open-source privacy suite monitoring all network activity, blocking unwanted connections, using trusted filter lists for ads and malware, enforcing DNS-over-TLS, providing custom app and global rules, and supporting advanced privacy management.

    35 Portmaster alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    like the adguard application, it is also system-wide.

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    • Portmaster is Freemium and Open SourceAdGuard is also Freemium and Open Source
  2. NextDNS icon
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    NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.

    139 NextDNS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • UC Browser
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • UniFi Network
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • OpenWrt
    • Opera
    • Alpine Linux
    • pfSense
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • DD-WRT
     
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  3. Pi-hole icon
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    Blocks ads for all connected devices at the DNS layer without client setup. Provides web control, in-app ad and tracker blocking, DHCP and API support, regex filtering, privacy modes, audit logs, and long-term query analytics for network management.

    40 Pi-hole alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
     
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  4. Privoxy icon
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    Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.

    57 Privoxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Zen Ad-Blocker icon
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    Zen is an open-source system-wide ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It works by setting up a proxy that intercepts HTTP requests from all applications, and blocks those serving ads, tracking scripts that monitor your behavior, malware, and other...

    56 Zen Ad-Blocker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
  6. Privaxy icon
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    Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic.

    39 Privaxy alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. hBlock icon
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    hBlock is a POSIX-compliant shell script, designed for Unix-like systems, that gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources and creates a hosts file (alternative formats are also supported) that prevents your system from connecting to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Homebrew
     
  9. TinyProxy icon
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    Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. It is free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying.

    28 TinyProxy alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Web Safety for Squid Proxy (aka qlproxy) is an ICAP web filtering server that integrates with Squid proxy installed in your network, which provides rich web and content filtering platform to sanitize Internet traffic.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. upribox icon
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    The upribox Software turns your RaspberryPi into a privacy-enhancing Wireless router with adblocking, Tor, and a VPN server.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  12. Ads Killer icon
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    Ads Killer is easy to use and powerful ad blocker for Google Chrome, Opera and Chromium based browsers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Chromium
     
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