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Dev tools · September 23, 2018

Adburner. DNS based ad blocker with DNS over HTTPS support

DNS based ad blocker with DNS over HTTPS support. Contribute to Subash/adburner-dns development by creating an account on GitHub.

Adburner. DNS based ad blocker with DNS over HTTPS support launched on September 23, 2018 with 10 votes, #871 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

In plain words

Adburner is a DNS-based ad blocker that filters ads at the network level rather than in individual browsers. It supports DNS over HTTPS for encrypted queries. The tool is designed for users who want system-wide ad blocking across all devices on their network. It's hosted on GitHub as an open-source project, making it accessible for technical users who prefer to self-host their ad-blocking solution.

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