Pi-hole MCP Server

A production-grade MCP server for Pi-hole v6 that gives AI assistants full control over DNS blocking, domain management, query analysis, statistics, network devices, DHCP, and system administration. It supports multi-instance sync, read-only mode, and toolsets, covering roughly 95% of the Pi-hole v6 REST API with 82 tools.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by hexamatic

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Popularity 10 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

Check if Pi-hole is blocking and for how long
Pause DNS blocking for a specific duration
Identify which lists block a specific domain
Analyze top blocked domains and query logs

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.9.0MIT

mcp-registry: io.github.hexamatic/pihole-mcp@0.9.0 Source repository Project website

Last repository push: Nov 2, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC
Latest release: v0.10.0
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0

oci

ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Base URL of your Pi-hole web interface. For multiple Pi-holes use PIHOLE_1_URL, PIHOLE_2_URL, ... instead.",
      "placeholder": "http://192.168.1.2"
    },
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_PASSWORD",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Pi-hole admin password, or an application password (recommended — bypasses TOTP 2FA)"
    },
    {
      "name": "TZ",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone for rendered timestamps, e.g. Australia/Adelaide. Defaults to UTC in the container."
    },
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Expose only inspection tools. Every tool that can change Pi-hole is hidden and rejected if called."
    },
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Set to true only for a Pi-hole serving a self-signed HTTPS certificate. A trusted certificate is the better fix."
    },
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "30s",
      "description": "HTTP request timeout as a Go duration, e.g. 30s or 1m"
    },
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES",
      "format": "number",
      "default": "3",
      "description": "Retries after a transient Pi-hole API failure; 0 disables retrying"
    },
    {
      "name": "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "8s",
      "description": "Upper bound on a single exponential-backoff wait, as a Go duration"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pi-hole-mcp-server-0-9-0": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_URL=<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "-e",
        "TZ=<YOUR_TZ>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<YOUR_TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pi-hole-mcp-server-0-9-0": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_URL=<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "-e",
        "TZ=<YOUR_TZ>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<YOUR_TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "pi-hole-mcp-server-0-9-0": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_URL=<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "-e",
        "TZ=<YOUR_TZ>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<YOUR_TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pi-hole-mcp-server-0-9-0": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_URL=<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "-e",
        "TZ=<YOUR_TZ>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "-e",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY=<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.9.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<YOUR_TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<YOUR_PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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