Pi-hole Personal Whitelist

This repository contains a personal Pi-hole whitelist, collected and refined over time through real-life testing.
It solves connectivity issues for smart home devices (e.g. Alexa, Tuya), media services (e.g. Spotify, Netflix), system updates (Ubuntu, Proxmox), developer tools, and more.

⚠️ This list is personal – it includes hundreds of domains added after troubleshooting issues in a real home network.
It's not a universal or "safe-for-everyone" list. Use at your own risk.

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✅ What’s Included

The file Whitelist.final.personal.txt includes allowlist entries for:

• Amazon Alexa / Echo / FireTV
• Tuya / SmartLife / Tasmota / MQTT
• Synology (DSM, CloudSync, QuickConnect)
• Google / Firebase / Android push / Chromecast
• Spotify / Netflix / YouTube
• Ubuntu / Debian / Proxmox / Signal
• GitHub / OpenAI / CDNs / PyPI / Yarn / NPM
• Home Assistant / ESPHome / Supervisor
• DNS services / Docker / Armbian / Raspberry Pi
• Node.js / Snapcraft / Flatpak / Electron
• Syncthing / Local LAN entries

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Download & Import

This is the easiest method to import all entries into your Pi-hole v6.x setup.

Run this on your Pi-hole:

wget -O /tmp/Whitelist.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TimInTech/Whitelist/main/Whitelist.final.personal.txt
xargs -a /tmp/Whitelist.txt -I {} pihole allow {}

• All domains will be added using the pihole allow command.
• Existing or duplicate domains will be skipped automatically.
• You don’t need to install any extra software.

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Optional: Add to Cron (Auto-Update)

To keep your whitelist up to date:

sudo crontab -e

Add this line to run daily at 06:00:

0 6 * * * wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TimInTech/Whitelist/main/Whitelist.final.personal.txt | xargs -I {} pihole allow {}

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🛠 Requirements

• Pi-hole v6.x
• Raspberry Pi OS or Debian/Ubuntu
• No additional tools required (uses built-in Pi-hole CLI)

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Notes

• You can inspect or modify the list at any time.
• It may include entries that enable telemetry, update checks, or ads (required for full functionality of devices like Alexa or FireTV).
• Best used for private setups where functionality > strict blocking.

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Maintained by TimInTech Feedback and PRs welcome!