MCP Pihole runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 99 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 -- npx -y mcp-pihole-server{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pihole": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-pihole-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-pihole]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-pihole-server"]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pihole": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-pihole-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pihole": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-pihole-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
PIHOLE_URL (Pi-hole web interface URL (e.g., http://pihole.local:8080)), PIHOLE_PASSWORD (Pi-hole app password for API authentication).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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