⬢github first seen 1 d ago, last 8 h ago, peak #13

Developer builds Pi-hole-style ad blocker on $2 ESP32-C3 chip

Original: M-Abozaid/esp32-c3-adblock

A developer known as M-Abozaid has released an open-source project that turns a $2 ESP32-C3 microcontroller, which lacks PSRAM, into a Pi-hole-class DNS ad blocker. The software stores 537,000 blocked domains as compact 40-bit FNV-1a hashes in flash memory and searches them with binary search, running a UDP DNS sinkhole alongside a web dashboard. Enthusiasts are discussing the efficient use of minimal hardware for whole-network ad blocking.

Why now: The project's ability to replicate dedicated ad-blocking hardware on an extremely cheap microcontroller is impressing the maker community.

M-AbozaidESP32-C3Pi-hole

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Evidence

• M-Abozaid/esp32-c3-adblock · M-Abozaid · 16

  Pi-hole-class DNS ad-blocker on a $2 ESP32-C3 (no PSRAM): 537k domains as 40-bit FNV-1a hashes in flash, binary-searched. UDP DNS sinkhole + web dashboard. https://youtube.com/shorts/RaxszOUMi8E?feature=share

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