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Maza ad blockingvsNuma

Two self-hosted Pi-Hole alternatives, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Maza ad blockingNuma
Score56/10057/100
Rank in category#17 of 41 in DNS#16 of 41 in DNS
GitHub stars1 8751 952
Stars, last 30 days+4—
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v0.25.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageShellRust

Which one should you pick?

Numa scores 57/100 against 56/100 for Maza ad blocking, so it is the safer default.

Numa ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Maza ad blocking.

If you want the quickest setup, Maza ad blocking is easier to run; Numa needs more configuration.

Maza ad blocking is growing faster right now (+4 stars in 30 days).

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