Ad blocking
Network-wide ad blocking may be desired for content filtering to reduce ads, reduce bandwidth usage, reduce tracking and increase privacy. This can be accomplished with OpenWrt by installing one of the options below.
Solutions
Adblock
adblock blocks ad/abuse domains via dnsmasq, unbound, named, smartdns or kresd.
It is lightweight, very fast, supports a wide range of blocklist sources, offers local block/allow overrides and provides an intuitive LuCI Web UI for convenient management and monitoring.
- package changelog/development: adblock, luci-app-adblock
- configuration: LuCI → Services → Adblock
- follow: documentation, forum
Adblock-Fast
the high-performance ad-blocking service work with Dnsmasq, SmartDNS, and Unbound. with easy manage block list by LuCI Web UI.
- Configuration: LuCI → Services → Adblock-Fast
- Follow: documentation, forum
AdGuard Home
- Packages: adguardhome
- Follow: documentation, forum
Adblock-lean
adblock-lean is a powerful and ultra-efficient adblocker for OpenWrt
- Follow: documentation, forum