# jacklul/pihole-updatelists

Update Pi-hole's lists from remote sources easily

Repository: https://github.com/jacklul/pihole-updatelists
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pihole-updatelists
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: pi-hole, pi-hole-blocklists, pihole-blocklists, customization, pihole, raspberry-pi
Last push: 2026-06-20T08:52:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2416, "days_push": 74, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1651, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.941993+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP CLI script that automatically keeps Pi-hole's ad-blocking lists in sync with remote sources. It manages list additions and removals while preserving user-created entries, and can run on a schedule via systemd timers or cron.

## Use cases
- automatically update pihole blocklists from remote sources
- keep pihole adlists in sync with firebog lists
- schedule pihole gravity list updates
- manage pihole blocklists without manual updates
- sync multiple remote blocklists into pihole
- preserve manually added domains while updating pihole lists
- run pihole list updates on a timer

## When to choose
- you use remote curated blocklist collections like the Firebog lists
- you want scheduled, hands-off blocklist updates on a Pi-hole V6 install
- you need user-added entries preserved and removed remote entries disabled rather than deleted

## When to avoid
- you don't use remote lists - Pi-hole already updates lists weekly on its own
- you run Pi-hole V5 or older
- you prefer a GUI-based list management tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, scheduling, configuration-management
- domain: networking, self-hosted, privacy
- platform: cli
- tags: pi-hole, ad-blocking, blocklists, dns, raspberry-pi, php, automation, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- jacklul/pihole-updatelists (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.941993+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:45:02.320687+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jacklul/pihole-updatelists (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.941993+00:00, sha f4494f4a0011)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.