adguardhome-sync

AdGuardHome-sync is a tool intended to synchronize AdGuard Home configuration/data between instances (e.g., keeping allow/block lists and related settings consistent across multiple AdGuard Home servers).

Evaluated Mar 30, 2026 (29d ago)
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
29
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
39
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
25
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
0
Documentation
25
Error Messages
0
Auth Simplicity
50
Rate Limits
10

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
50
Auth Strength
40
Scope Granularity
20
Dep. Hygiene
45
Secret Handling
40

Security properties depend on how the tool authenticates to AdGuard Home and whether it transmits credentials over TLS. No concrete details were provided here about auth mechanism, scope granularity, TLS enforcement, or secret handling practices.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
0
Version Stability
40
Breaking Changes
30
Error Recovery
30
AF Security Reliability

Best When

You have two or more AdGuard Home deployments you want to keep consistent, and you can run the sync tool with network access to the AdGuard Home admin interfaces.

Avoid When

You cannot securely reach the AdGuard Home endpoints or you cannot verify compatibility with your specific AdGuard Home version.

Use Cases

  • Running multiple AdGuard Home instances (e.g., per site or per network) and keeping them in sync
  • Disaster recovery / migration between AdGuard Home instances
  • Reducing configuration drift across environments (home/office/lab)

Not For

  • Ad-hoc one-off manual edits with no automation
  • Integrations that require a hosted SaaS API (it is typically self-hosted/tooling oriented)
  • High-security environments that need formally documented auth scopes/rotations per endpoint

Interface

REST API
No
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
No
Webhooks
No

Authentication

OAuth: No Scopes: No

Authentication method(s) are not provided in the prompt content. AdGuard Home synchronization tools typically rely on access to the AdGuard Home admin interface (e.g., an admin API endpoint), but exact auth mechanism is not confirmed here.

Pricing

Free tier: No
Requires CC: No

No pricing information provided; this appears to be self-hosted tooling rather than a hosted service.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
none
Idempotent
False
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • Likely requires correct mapping of AdGuard Home config objects; schema/fields may differ by AdGuard Home version
  • May not be idempotent if repeated runs append or re-import without deduplication
  • Sync operations can be destructive if not configured for a safe direction (source->target) and may overwrite local changes

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.

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