AdGuard Private - Enhanced DNS Service Based on AdGuard Home

AdGuard Private offers out-of-the-box privacy-focused DNS service with ad blocking, DoT, DoH, and more features

2025 January 20

AdGuard Private: Privacy-Focused DNS Service

Visit the official website for more information: AdGuard Private

This project is a secondary development based on AdGuard Home and follows the GPL 3.0 open-source license.

Source code is available at: GitHub - jqknono/AdGuardHome

Compared to the original AdGuard Home, we have added the following features:

📜 Automated SSL Certificate Management
- Automatic certificate application and renewal
- Support for wildcard certificate configuration
🛡️ Enhanced Security Features
- Intelligent rate limiting protection
- Optimized access experience for mainland China
⚙️ Optimized System Configuration
- DHCP service disabled to focus on DNS functionality
- Fixed cache size at 4MB for stability

We provide professional DNS hosting services with the following features:

🏢 Deployed on Alibaba Cloud Hangzhou node
🌐 Comprehensive Protocol Support
- IPv6 support with direct connection to mainstream IPv6 upstream
- DoT (DNS over TLS)
- DoH (DNS over HTTPS)
- HTTP/3 support for significantly reduced latency
📊 Powerful Rule Management
- Support for third-party blacklist and whitelist imports
- Capacity for 1 million rules
📝 Comprehensive Logging and Statistics
- 72-hour query record retention
- 24-hour detailed statistical analysis
⚖️ Load Balancing
- Multi-server distributed deployment
- Intelligent load distribution
💰 Competitive Pricing

Ad blocking at the DNS level has its unique advantages:

💪 Advantages
- Zero additional power consumption
- Full device coverage
- Reduced network wake-up frequency on devices
- Decreased loading of unnecessary data
⚠️ Limitations
- Lower blocking precision compared to browser extensions
- Unable to achieve the filtering effect of MITM solutions

Particularly suitable for mobile device usage scenarios, balancing privacy protection with battery life.