Pi-hole v6 + Unbound
Pi-hole v6 + Unbound is a Docker image that combines Pi-hole, a network-wide ad-blocking domain name system (DNS) sinkhole, with the Unbound recursive DNS…
Platform availability
Available on 1 of 9 platforms
- Unraid
- TrueNAS (not listed)
- Umbrel (not listed)
- ZimaOS (not listed)
- Proxmox (not listed)
- Helm (not listed)
- Mac (not listed)
- Windows (not listed)
- Linux (not listed)
Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
71/100 Good
- Maintained
- 84last commit 17 days ago
- Popular
- 631,335 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
- Light to run
- 95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 4 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 1,335
- Open issues
- 81
- Last commit
- 2026-09-26
- Latest release
- 2026.09.0-unbound1.25.2-r2
- Activity
- rising
Checked 5 days ago - source: GitHub (mpgirro/docker-pihole-unbound)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 2 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 16 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
- Install with Helm and a values file Use Helm (Kubernetes' package installer) to install the Pi-hole chart and attach your values file, for example: helm install pihole mojo2600/pihole -f values.yaml. If you skip the values file, Pi-hole may start with defaults and miss your network, storage, or DHCP settings. source
- Keep Pi-hole data on a saved volume Set persistentVolumeClaim.enabled to true and give it a size, such as 500Mi, so Pi-hole's database, logs, and ad lists survive restarts. Without a saved volume, restarting or updating the container can make you lose settings and start over. source
- Set DHCP range only if you use DHCP If Pi-hole will assign IP addresses, set DHCP_ACTIVE to "1" and fill in DHCP_START, DHCP_END, DHCP_ROUTER, and DHCP_LEASETIME. Wrong or missing DHCP values can stop devices from getting an IP or send them to the wrong router. source
- Use the maintained image Pull mpgirro/pihole-unbound; the original cbcrowe/pihole-unbound image is deprecated and no longer updated. source
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Variants
Alternatives
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Common questions
Which image should I use if I previously used cbcrowe/pihole-unbound?
Use mpgirro/pihole-unbound from Docker Hub or GitHub Container Registry. The old cbcrowe image is deprecated and no longer receives updates.
Do I need a separate Unbound container for this image?
No. The image includes and configures Unbound directly inside the Pi-hole container, so you do not need to set up and link another Unbound container.
How do I update the container?
Run docker compose pull and docker compose up -d. A weekly rebuild overwrites latest and the Pi-hole version tag to pick up new packages.
Answers sourced from github.com
Community
- Pihole + Unbound - DNS Stack : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Why self-host DNS (unbound)? : r/pihole - Reddit (reddit)
- Latest topics - Pi-hole Userspace (forum)
- Latest FAQs topics - Pi-hole Userspace (forum)
- [SUPPORT] - Community Applications - pihole-v6-unbound (forum)
- Docker, IPv6, and Unbound. I'm honestly confused at this point. (reddit)
Collected 10 days ago - public community threads