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pcpvsPi-hole

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

pcpPi-hole
Score62/10087/100
Rank in category#36 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#1 of 41 in DNS
GitHub stars1 07961 522
Stars, last 30 days+3+478
Stable releases, 12 months107
Latest release7.2.2 · 7 Oct 2026v6.5 · 17 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageCShell

Which one should you pick?

Pi-hole scores 87/100 against 62/100 for pcp, so it is the safer default.

pcp ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Pi-hole.

Pi-hole is growing faster right now (+478 stars in 30 days).

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