Protected from the first minute
A built-in list blocks advertising, trackers, malware and phishing as soon as Warda is installed. Nothing to configure, nothing to import.
Open beta · subscription offered to testers
The DNS filter that learns your home
Warda blocks advertising, tracking and dangerous sites for every device of your home — phones, computers, television, game consoles — and learns what your family really needs, without you having to maintain lists.
Free software · AGPLv3Raspberry Pi · Docker · DebianNo cookie
Your home network
18,432
queries today
3,127
blocked
14
devices
- Blocked · advertisingads.adserver.exampleEmma's tablet · 09:41:50
- Blocked · trackingtelemetry.tv-vendor.exampleLiving-room TV · 09:41:43
- Alloweden.wikipedia.orgLeo's laptop · 09:41:36
- Blocked · trackingpixel.social-track.exampleSarah's phone · 09:41:29
- Allowedupdate.console-store.exampleGame console · 09:41:22
- Blocked · phishingfree-coins-game.exampleEmma's tablet · 09:41:15
ads.adserver.example
Emma's tablet ·
telemetry.tv-vendor.example
Living-room TV ·
en.wikipedia.org
Leo's laptop ·
pixel.social-track.example
Sarah's phone ·
update.console-store.example
Game console ·
free-coins-game.example
Emma's tablet ·
free-vpn-proxy.example
Leo's laptop ·
metrics.speaker-cloud.example
Smart speaker ·
weather.example.org
Sarah's phone ·
school.example.edu
Leo's laptop ·
What Warda does
One box, and the whole home is protected
It learns, you decide
Warda watches the requests of your network and suggests what to block, with its context: which device, just after what. It never blocks on its own.
Made for the family
One profile per person, adapted to their age, with safe search for everyone. Children and teenagers are protected; adults stay free.
Three steps
How it works
Warda runs on a small box of your home (a Raspberry Pi, a virtual machine or Docker) and answers the DNS requests of every device. Your router hands its address to the network; from then on, each request goes through Warda before reaching the Internet.
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1
Install Warda: a ready image for the Raspberry Pi, a Docker image or a Debian package.
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2
The assistant detects your router and your network, and asks you to confirm.
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3
Your devices are protected, and Warda starts learning.
The dashboard
It learns, you decide
Each suggestion comes with its context: the device, the time, the request that came just before. Nothing is blocked without you.
Try it: block or ignore a suggestion.
Dashboard
Blocked queries · 24 h
17 %Suggestions2 waiting
collect.analytics-cdn.example
Sarah's phone · 21:42 · just after news-site.example
promo-casino-bonus.example
Emma's tablet · 17:08 · just after free-games.example
Made for the family
One card per person
One card per person, with their devices, and profiles adapted to their age. Children become teenagers at 15 and adults at 18, automatically.
Emma
Child, 8 · 1 tablet
Internet 07:00–08:00 and 16:30–19:30
Safe search on. Adult content, gambling and social networks blocked.
Leo
Child, 14 · 2 devices
Internet 07:00–08:00 and 16:00–21:30
Alert yesterday at 22:14: attempt to go around the filter with a VPN.
Sarah and Tom
Adults · 4 devices
No schedule
Advertising and tracking blocked. Adults are never watched.
Privacy
Private by design
Warda works at home: the history of your requests never leaves your network. Its code is open (AGPLv3), and the requests sent to the Internet are encrypted by default.
- Runs at homeOn your Raspberry Pi, virtual machine or Docker server.
- Open sourceFree software under the AGPLv3 licence.
- Encrypted by defaultDNS over HTTPS or TLS to the Internet, validated with DNSSEC.
- No cookie, no trackerNot on this site either: no audience measurement.
Comparison
How Warda compares
How Warda compares with the two best-known self-hosted DNS filters, and what it does not do yet.
| Feature | Warda | Pi-hole | AdGuard Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learns on the box which names to suggest blocking | yes | no | no |
| People of the household, profiles by age, reports per child | yes | no | no |
| Hours of Internet, time a day, school holidays, requests of a child | yes | no | partial — blocking schedule of services |
| Detection of the ways around the filter (VPN, proxy, encrypted DNS) | yes, with alerts | no | no |
| Encrypted DNS for the devices (DoH, DoT, DoQ) | yes, with a free certificate renewed by itself | no | partial — yes, certificate to bring |
| DNSSEC validation | partial — by the upstream servers, checked | yes | yes |
See the full comparisonIncluding what Warda does not do yet.
Open beta
Join the beta
Warda is in open beta. Test it at home, tell us what works and what does not: the subscription is offered to every tester during the beta.
Join the beta
A short form: first name, e-mail and three questions.