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# Recommendation for www/adguardhome FreeBSD port
- URL: https://ostreff.info/recommendation-for-www-adguardhome-freebsd-port/
- Published: 2026-04-19T20:18:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-19T20:18:27.000Z
- Description: It greatly reduces the amount of ads displayed by sites these days.
- Author: Jordan Ostreff
- Tags: FreeBSD, DNS

Installing the port is easy and fast, no matter whether you install it via [portmaster](https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?portmaster&ref=ostreff.info) or with [pkg](https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+15.0-RELEASE+and+Ports.quarterly&format=html&ref=ostreff.info). Keep in mind that this is more a filter, not a full-fledged [recursive dns](https://www.akamai.com/glossary/what-is-recursive-dns?ref=ostreff.info). This means that if you have an existing DNS recursive server set up, you will need to reconfigure it as well, depending on whether you want your new [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html?ref=ostreff.info) filter to listen directly on port 53/853 (for [DoT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS%5Fover%5FTLS?ref=ostreff.info)). This way, all clients on your network can easily and without reconfiguration start using it. Using your http load-balancer ( I recommend [caddy](https://caddyserver.com/?ref=ostreff.info) as such ) you can easily export `adguardhome` also as [DoH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS%5Fover%5FHTTPS?ref=ostreff.info) server.

I personally recommend using dns/dnsdist - this will allow you to easily redirect the flow of dns requests in your system.  
Even if you are worried about whether your new adguard dns will stop, you can easily use [dnsdist](https://www.dnsdist.org/index.html?ref=ostreff.info) to make it so that in case of failure of www/adguardhome, the traffic will automatically switch to be served by the main recursive dns.

![](https://ostreff.info/content/images/2026/04/image.png)