--- title: "One DNS tool did what two containers couldn't, and I'm not going back to Pi-hole" url: https://daily.dev/posts/one-dns-tool-did-what-two-containers-couldn-t-and-i-m-not-going-back-to-pi-hole-y7kkesfwt source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/one-dns-tool-did-what-two-containers-couldnt-not-going-back-pi-hole type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-05T14:02:04.149Z updated: 2026-06-05T14:02:28.641Z tags: ["dns", "self-hosting"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # One DNS tool did what two containers couldn't, and I'm not going back to Pi-hole **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A homelab enthusiast shares their experience replacing a two-container DNS stack (Pi-hole + dnscrypt-proxy) with AdGuard Home. The key discovery was that AdGuard Home natively supports DNS-over-HTTPS encryption, eliminating the need for a separate dnscrypt-proxy container. The result: one dashboard, one backup, one update cycle, and one place to troubleshoot — with the same ad-blocking and encrypted upstream DNS functionality. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [My DNS stack kept growing until I found the tool that finally made it stop](https://daily.dev/posts/my-dns-stack-kept-growing-until-i-found-the-tool-that-finally-made-it-stop-tjuujee18) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [AdGuard Home and Unbound gave me the DNS independence I didn't know I needed](https://daily.dev/posts/adguard-home-and-unbound-gave-me-the-dns-independence-i-didn-t-know-i-needed-dqhaje9tj) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I ditched Pi-hole for AdGuard \+ Unbound on my OPNsense router, and my network runs cleaner than ever](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-pi-hole-for-adguard-unbound-on-my-opnsense-router-and-my-network-runs-cleaner-than-ever-c5ln79ec3) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Pi-hole is still the best free upgrade you can make to your home network](https://daily.dev/posts/pi-hole-is-still-the-best-free-upgrade-you-can-make-to-your-home-network-hjsynz7ga) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/one-dns-tool-did-what-two-containers-couldn-t-and-i-m-not-going-back-to-pi-hole-y7kkesfwt)