MCP Pihole runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 132 installs a week from npm. Last commit 9 Aug 2026.
Pi-hole v6 MCP server - manage DNS blocking, stats, whitelists/blacklists
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-pihole -e 'PIHOLE_URL=<PIHOLE_URL>' -e 'PIHOLE_PASSWORD=<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>' -- npx -y mcp-pihole-server{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pihole": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-pihole-server"
],
"env": {
"PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
"PIHOLE_URL": "<PIHOLE_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-pihole]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-pihole-server"]
env = { PIHOLE_URL = "<PIHOLE_URL>", PIHOLE_PASSWORD = "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pihole": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-pihole-server"
],
"env": {
"PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
"PIHOLE_URL": "<PIHOLE_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-pihole": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-pihole-server"
],
"env": {
"PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
"PIHOLE_URL": "<PIHOLE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<PIHOLE_URL> (Pi-hole web interface URL (e.g., http://pihole.local:8080)), <PIHOLE_PASSWORD> (Pi-hole app password for API authentication).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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