Pi-Hole blocklist

This blocklist was created by merging several existing blocklists into one. All files used are listed in blocklist-files-urls.txt. The final blocklist file is blocklist.txt.

Add the list to your Pi-Hole

• Blocklist file: raw link

Update interval: daily

What’s on the list?

In short: Domains that deliver tracker, ads and malware. The domains are collected and merged into one file by my Pi-Hole merger script.

The goal of this list is to make it possible to identify and block unwanted and harmful items in the internet. Effectively the domains on this list are known to deliver exactly these unwanted and harmful items, such as tracking and analytic scripts. As ads are often loaded from third party providers which are spying on users too, the domains from such providers are also included in this list. Obviously, malware also counts directly as harmful and unwanted, which is why such domains are also blocked.

New blocklists will be added if I stumble across and consider them as useful to the goal of this list.

Overblocking

• As less as possible

This Blocklist is intended to be a easy to use blocklist. This means to block as many as possible unwanted domains while reduce overblocking to a minimum level. In the end you should get a solid blocklist, that doesn’t bother you with making half of the internet unavailable. For some of you this might be to less, what means, that you have to take extra steps to ensure that everything that should be blocked is blocked. Nevertheless this blocklist is a good starting point.

Whoops - overblocking is happening anyway

• Check out the whitelist

For those of you who have issues with overblocking there is a whitelist with domains that get blocked with this blocklist for good reasons, but may break services you use. Just pick out the ones you need and add exeptions for them in your Pi-Hole. Also, you might consider why you are dependent from services that possibly track you, or serve other unwanted things.

Which blocklists were unified - Whom to thank?

Following is a table with all blocklist files that were used. A huge thanks to everyone who contributes to and maintains these blocklists. Thanks to them and their great work there is an easy way to avoid unwanted things on the internet!

Thank you!

Name	Category	Project overview	RAW link	Licence
add.207Net	Analytics	Repository	RAW file (unknown if official or not)	GPLv3
Disconnect ad filter list	Ads and analytics	Website	RAW file (unknown if official or not)	GPLv3
Disconnect malvertising list	Malware	Website	RAW file (unknown if official or not)	GPLv3
EasyList	Ads	Website	RAW file (unofficial)	GPLv3 / CC BY-SA 3.0
EasyPrivacy	Analytics	Website	RAW file (unofficial)	GPLv3 / CC BY-SA 3.0
NoTrack Tracker blocklist	Analytics	Repository	RAW file (official)	GPLv3
NoTrack Tracker Malware	Malware	Repository	RAW file (official)	GPLv3
AnudeepND adservers blacklist	Ads and analytics	Repository	RAW file (official)	MIT Licence
AnudeepND coinminer blacklist	Malware	Repository	RAW file (official)	MIT Licence
NoCoin filter list	Malware	Repository	RAW file (official)	MIT Licence
Perflyst PiHoleBlocklist android tracking	Analytics	Repository	RAW file (official)	MIT Licence
Perflyst PiHoleBlocklist SmartTV	analytics	Repository	RAW file (official)	MIT Licence
WindowsSpyBlocker Spy Blocklist	analytics	Repository	RAW file (official)	MIT Licence
AdAway default blocklist	Ads and analytics	Website	RAW file (official)	CC Attribution 3.0
Gameindustry cities	Ads and analytics	Website	RAW file (official)	CC BY-SA 4.0
Prigent Ads	Ads	Website	RAW file (unofficial)	CC BY-SA 4.0
DNS-BH Malware	Malware	Website	RAW file (official)	“This malware block lists provided here are for free for noncommercial use as part of the fight against malware.”
Malware Domain List	Malware	Website	RAW file (official)	“Our list can be used for free by anyone. Feel free to use it.”
Akamaru Pi-Hole-Lists Appads	Ads	Repository	RAW file (official)	no licence
Akamaru Pi-Hole-Lists HbbTV	Ads	Repository	RAW file (official)	no licence
Akamaru Pi-Hole-Lists nomsdata	Analytics	Repository	RAW file (official)	no licence
Akamaru Pi-Hole-Lists cryptomine	Malware	Repository	RAW file (official)	no licence
AdGuard DNS	Ads and analytics	Website	RAW file (unofficial)	unknown
UncheckyAds	Ads	Repository	RAW file (unknown if official or not)	unknown

Licence

The whole repository and the files in it are licenced under the GPLv3. A copy can be found here.