Is there a feature or improvement that would make Pi-hole better? We would love to hear your ideas. Just go to https://pi-hole.net/feature-requests/ and submit your idea. You will also be able to vote for your favorite features so we know what you are looking for.
This one’s been a little while coming.. sorry! The Changelog can be found here A notable change in this release is the handling of pihole’s commands. Rather than each script being stored in /usr/local/bin there is now a controller script simply called pihole, details on the usage of this command can be found here.
If you have been thinking about blocking ads for your entire network using a Raspberry Pi, what better day to try than Pi day. The Pi-hole dev team would like say thank you to all of our users. Without you, we would not have such a fun product that we enjoy working on.
Inspired by the bot that sends a tweet to Comcast when Internet speeds are slower than advertised, I made an iOS Workflow that utilizes Pi-hole’s API to automatically tweet how many advertisements I blocked today.
We’ve made a few changes in this release, details of which can be seen on the changelog wiki pages for pi-hole and for the web admin page. If you want to use the new features, then as always just run the installer again. This is the best way to do it until we get our…
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I’m a big fan of visualizing data, so I was exited to heard about Codeology, which displays what Pi-hole’s code might look like. It looks like an ominous, yet subtle black hole, which is exactly what the Pi-hole is (a black hole for Internet ads). Visualy, the Pi-hole repo isn’t as impressive as some, but…
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The Pi-hole has been growing steadily (we even have our own subreddit now). If you need help with your setup, please make a post there or on our Github issues page or send us a tweet @The_Pi_Hole. Also, if you have done something fun with the Pi-hole, we would love to hear about it and…
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In addition to the new, easier-to-remember installation command (curl -L install.pi-hole.net | bash), the installer has been completely revamped with dialog windows that guide you through the entire setup. You no longer need to set up a static IP before running the script.
Using AdminLTE as a starting point, I am working on creating a nice-looking Web interface for managing the Pi-hole (not that there is a whole lot you need to do. But you might want to log in and view some stats or update the lists.
Pi-hole 2.0 can block millions of ads, all running from your Raspberry Pi. Just plug it into your router, set an IP address, run the script, and you are in business!