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- **Fast**: speeds up the feel of everyday browsing by caching DNS queries, saving bandwidth
- **Fast**: speeds up the feel of everyday browsing by caching DNS queries, saving bandwidth
- **Lightweight**: runs smoothly and requires [minimal resources](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/hardware-software-requirements/273)
- **Lightweight**: runs smoothly and requires [minimal resources](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/hardware-software-requirements/273)
- **Robust**: a command line interface for those preferring CLI, and/or wanting to automate tasks
- **Robust**: a command line interface for those preferring CLI, and/or wanting to automate tasks
- **Informative**: a beautiful and secure Web Admin dashboard to control your Pi-hole
- **Informative**: a beautiful and secure Web Interface dashboard to control your Pi-hole
- **Versatile**: can optionally function as a DHCP server, ensuring each device will not need further intervention
- **Versatile**: can optionally function as a DHCP server, ensuring each device will not need further intervention
- **Scalable**: [capable of handling hundreds of millions of queries](https://pi-hole.net/2017/05/24/how-much-traffic-can-pi-hole-handle/) when installed on powerful hardware
- **Scalable**: [capable of handling hundreds of millions of queries](https://pi-hole.net/2017/05/24/how-much-traffic-can-pi-hole-handle/) when installed on powerful hardware
- **Modern**: blocks ads over both IPv4 and IPv6
- **Modern**: blocks ads over both IPv4 and IPv6
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- [@The_Pi_Hole on Twitter](https://twitter.com/The_Pi_Hole)
- [@The_Pi_Hole on Twitter](https://twitter.com/The_Pi_Hole)
- [Pi-hole on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5kq9w0wSjogzJb81C9U0w)
- [Pi-hole on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5kq9w0wSjogzJb81C9U0w)
- [ThePiHole on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ThePiHole/)
- [ThePiHole on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ThePiHole/)
- [Chat on Gitter](https://gitter.im/pi-hole/pi-hole?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
- [Chat on Gitter](https://gitter.im/pi-hole/pi-hole)
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## Features
## Features
* <sub>[The Web Admin Dashboard](#the-web-admin-dashboard)</sub>
* <sub>[The Web Interface Dashboard](#the-web-interface-dashboard)</sub>
The optional dashboard (based on [almasaeed2010's AdminLTE](https://github.com/almasaeed2010/AdminLTE) Admin Control Panel) allows you to view stats, change settings, and configure your Pi-hole.
This optional [open source](https://github.com/almasaeed2010/AdminLTE) dashboard allows you to view stats, change settings, and configure your Pi-hole.
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More details on the API can be found [here](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-api/1863) and `telnet` on [the repo itself](https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL).
More details on the API can be found [here](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-api/1863) and `telnet` on [the repo itself](https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL).
### The Query Log
### The Query Log
If enabled, the query log will show all of the DNS queries requested by clients using Pi-hole as their DNS server. Forwarded domains will show in green, and blocked (_Pi-holed_) domains will show in red. You can also whitelist or blacklist domains from within this section.
If enabled, the query log will show all of the DNS queries requested by clients using Pi-hole as their DNS server. Standard domains will show in green, and blocked (_Pi-holed_) domains will show in red. You can also whitelist or blacklist domains from within this section.
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The query log and graphs are what have helped people [discover all sorts of unexpected traffic traversing their networks](https://pi-hole.net/2017/07/06/round-3-what-really-happens-on-your-network/).
The query log and graphs are what have helped people [discover all sorts of unexpected traffic traversing their networks](https://pi-hole.net/2017/07/06/round-3-what-really-happens-on-your-network/).
#### Long-term Statistics
#### Long-term Statistics
Using our FTL API, Pi-hole can store all of the domains queried in a database for retrieval or analysis later on. You can view this data as a graph, individual queries, top clients/advertisers, or even query the database yourself for your own applications.
Using our FTL API, Pi-hole will store all the DNS queries in a database for later retrieval and analysis. You can view this data as a graph, individual queries, top clients/advertisers, or even query the database yourself for your own applications.