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wirehole

WireHole is a combination of WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound in a docker-compose project with the intent of enabling users to quickly and easily create a personally managed full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN with ad blocking capabilities thanks to Pi-hole, and DNS caching, additional privacy options, and upstream providers via Unbound.

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What it is

WireHole is a combination of WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound in a docker-compose project with the intent of enabling users to quickly and easily create a personally managed full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN with ad blocking capabilities thanks to Pi-hole, and DNS caching, additional privacy options, and upstream providers via Unbound.

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HN mentions by year16 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-09-09 20:16:24 UTC to 2025-10-12 01:58:28 UTC.

0123452020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 5 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC550
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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Shameless plug for an alternative? > WireHole is a combination of WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound in a docker-compose project with the intent of enabling users to quickly and easily create a personally managed full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN with ad blocking capabilities thanks to Pi-hole, and DNS caching, additional privacy options, and upstream providers via Unbound. https://github.com/IAmStoxe/wirehole
In PiVPN v4.6.0: The End

Show HN: WireHole combines WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound with an easy UI

WireHole offers a unified docker-compose project that integrates WireGuard, PiHole, and Unbound, complete with a user interface. This solution is designed to empower users to swiftly set up and manage either a full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN. It features ad-blocking capabilities through PiHole and enhanced DNS caching and privacy options via Unbound. The intuitive UI makes deployment and ongoing management straightforward, providing a comprehensive VPN solution with added privacy features.
298 points · Open discussion
I’ve started just throwing up a docker container in AWS London region with WireGuard for VPN and Unbound for DNS. It costs next to nothing, manages to sustain superb upload and download speeds to my home in the US and works great with the U.K. tv streaming services. For what it’s worth, the exact same container setup running on Digital Ocean did not work - I think whatever IP block I had been given must be black listed. My elastic IP on AWS has been fine though. Here’s a Docker Compose example you can deploy to a VPS: > https://github.com/IAmStoxe/wirehole
In How does BBC iPlayer know I'm not in UK despite logging into UK server via VPN?
* I will update the IPv6 stuff * Also the wireguard config * I will look into how I can allow the user to provide that information as the IP is pulled within the doctor container * Noted on Firefox Thanks for the detailed comment EDIT: Just provided instructions in the repo for how to configure DDNS: https://github.com/IAmStoxe/wirehole#configuring-for-dynamic... Also modifed it so only the port 51820 is exposed preventing any unintentional exposure.
In WireHole: Set up Pihole, WireGuard, and Unbound instantly

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