# Pi-hole

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/pi-hole/  
**Website:** https://pi-hole.net  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Pi-hole is an open source network-wide DNS sinkhole that blocks ads, tracking, and unwanted domains across all devices on a local network without requiring per-device software. It runs on lightweight hardware such as Raspberry Pi and offers a web admin interface plus a REST API (introduced in v6 via the pihole-FTL binary) for programmatic management of blocklists, allowlists, groups, clients, DNS settings, and live query logs.

## Kin Score — 24.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 24.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 47.6 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 17.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **Pi-hole Auth API** — Session authentication.
- **Pi-hole DNS API** — DNS blocking configuration.
- **Pi-hole Groups API** — Manage DNS blocking groups.
- **Pi-hole Info API** — Pi-hole instance information.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Pi Hole Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Pi Hole Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Pi Hole Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

DNS, Ad Blocking, Network Security, Privacy, Open-Source, Self-Hosted

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/pi-hole/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.