Pi-hole MCP Server

io.github.hexamatic/pihole-mcp · v0.10.0

Manage Pi-hole v6: DNS blocking, domains, clients, query analysis, DHCP, and multi-instance sync.

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claude mcp add pihole-mcp -e PIHOLE_URL=<PIHOLE_URL> -e PIHOLE_PASSWORD=<PIHOLE_PASSWORD> -e TZ=<TZ> -e PIHOLE_READ_ONLY=<PIHOLE_READ_ONLY> -e PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY=<PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY> -e PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=<PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT> -e PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES=<PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES> -e PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY=<PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.10.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pihole-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pihole-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pihole-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIHOLE_URL": "<PIHOLE_URL>",
        "PIHOLE_PASSWORD": "<PIHOLE_PASSWORD>",
        "TZ": "<TZ>",
        "PIHOLE_READ_ONLY": "<PIHOLE_READ_ONLY>",
        "PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY": "<PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY>",
        "PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>",
        "PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES": "<PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY": "<PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

Name	Description
`PIHOLE_URL` Required	Base URL of your Pi-hole web interface. For multiple Pi-holes use PIHOLE_1_URL, PIHOLE_2_URL, ... instead.
`PIHOLE_PASSWORD` Required, secret	Pi-hole admin password, or an application password (recommended — bypasses TOTP 2FA)
`TZ` Optional	IANA timezone for rendered timestamps, e.g. Australia/Adelaide. Defaults to UTC in the container.
`PIHOLE_READ_ONLY` Optional	Expose only inspection tools. Every tool that can change Pi-hole is hidden and rejected if called.
`PIHOLE_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY` Optional	Set to true only for a Pi-hole serving a self-signed HTTPS certificate. A trusted certificate is the better fix.
`PIHOLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT` Optional	HTTP request timeout as a Go duration, e.g. 30s or 1m
`PIHOLE_MAX_RETRIES` Optional	Retries after a transient Pi-hole API failure; 0 disables retrying
`PIHOLE_RETRY_MAX_DELAY` Optional	Upper bound on a single exponential-backoff wait, as a Go duration

Details

Package	`ghcr.io/hexamatic/pihole-mcp:0.10.0` (OCI, stdio)
First published	2 Nov 2026
Last updated	2 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.hexamatic/pihole-mcp`

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