Category: Updates

FTLDNS: Pi-hole’s Own DNS/DHCP server

What Is FTLDNS™? In a sentence, FTLDNS™ is dnsmasq blended with Pi-hole’s special sauce. We bring the two pieces of software closer together while maintaining maximum compatibility with any updates Simon adds to dnsmasq. The Problems We have used dnsmasq as our DNS/DHCP server since Pi-hole began. However, as the project has grown and evolved,…
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Pi-hole v3.3 Released: It’s “Extra” Special

Update 2018-02-20 18:05 Hi All, After a few days of pulling out our hair and troubleshooting this whitelisting issue that some of you have reported, we’re finally getting to the bottom of it. The good news is, whitelisting is not completely broken. You can still whitelist domains from the cli with no issues by calling…
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Pi-hole Web Interface: The Next Generation

We have been working on a new Web interface for Pi-hole (referenced internally as Next Gen Admin or NGAdmin). The existing interface built off of AdminLTE has served us well, but we have grown beyond the capabilities of an existing template. We’re also looking to implement an HTTP API. This new interface is open source…
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Pi-hole v3.2.1 Released With Lots Of Fixes

v3.2 was one of our biggest releases but many of you found bugs and issues we didn’t. We have fixed the DNS resolution is currently unavailable issue, the settings page not working on some systems, the FTL version not showing correctly, as well as many more. Just run pihole -up to install the update and…
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Pi-hole v3.2 Introduces Long-term Statistics, An Audit Log, Colours, and More!

We are very pleased to release a new version of Pi-hole–version 3.2. This release comes with a long-awaited request: long-term statistics. You can now store and view more than 24 hours worth of Pi-hole data to help see your historical queries and performance. We also have a new audit log for keeping track of domains…
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A Security Reminder When Installing Pi-hole

Please do not download Pi-hole from any other sources except: https://pi-hole.net and https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole Other sites are not us so please watch what you type and make sure you enter the correct domain. We do not partner with anyone else; pi-hole.net and our GitHub repo are the only places we distribute software from.  

Pi-Hole 3.1.4: Hotfix for IPv6 CIDR bug

Hi folks, just a quick post to mention that we’ve pushed a hotfix which should resolve any issues you may have been seeing related to IPv6 blocking. Full details can be found on the GitHub repo. Thanks to all those who reported this to us, keep your eyes for a bigger release coming soon™ There…
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Pi-hole v3.1 Has Been Released

We’re happy you are still supporting us so we have released version 3.1 of Pi-hole. This release has several tweaks and fixes to improve the overall experience.

Pi-hole 3.0.1 Fixes And Tweaks

We have released a patch, v3.0.1, for Core and Web to fix a security issue as well as some other fixes and tweaks.

Pi-hole™ 3.0 Is Here Featuring Our New FTL Engine

If you have been struggling with a slow Web interface, you’ll love this update. There are plenty of details on this new feature, but if you are a casual user, the only thing you need to know is that it is fast. This release also has some other things you will enjoy. Read on to…
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