PiQode
Enjoy your Pi-hole experience
Only for Mac
$7.99
An intuitive and secure Pi-hole experience you can rely on.
PiQode offers useful control features and allows you to monitor Pi-hole statistics and status reports directly from the macOS menu bar.
BASIC FEATURES
• Status control, monitoring and reporting.
• Monitoring statistics and measurements.
• Manage and monitor allowlists and denylists (including regex lists).
• Support for multiple Pi-hole instances simultaneously.
• Notifications - warnings for inactive status or unreachable instance.
• Interactive icon in the macOS Dock for monitoring activity.
• Attention and extra security to Pi-hole data.
• Multiple interface languages.
* The PiQode is a third-party application that requires at least one active instance of Pi-hole v6 or later.
CONNECTION
• Authenticate using either a regular password or an API password.
• Setup up to five different Pi-hole instances.
• Parallel status with the ability to monitor the status of all entered instances simultaneously.
ACTIVITY
• Launch at login option.
• Warnings for inactive status or unreachable instance (for all active instances).
• Extended indicators for enabling advanced metrics in the main menu.
• Gravity last update option to show elapsed time.
• Monitoring level function.
EDITOR
• Manage allow, regex allow, deny and regex deny lists of entries.
• Editor reports on all operations.
• Check the lists mentioned above, directly in the PiQode submenu.
MAIN MENU
• Select the chart style you prefer for the PiQode main menu.
• Choose between two different formation options for the PiQode sub menu - list of entries.
• Exact list variant option.
• Exact and regex variant option.
To get started, you can review the introduction from the Help menu in the Preferences Window > PiQode Intro.
more Processing and system reliability improvements:
• Smarter handling of transient connection issues
• Reduced false alerts for a more stable experience
• Optimized chart rendering for smoother and more accurate visuals
• Improved localizations across all languages
• Minor fixes and overall enhancements
2.7.2 Mar 26
Optimized system handling and more reliable connectivity:
• Enhanced stability during network interruptions
• Improved app activation behavior
• Minor performance improvements
2.7.1 Mar 20
Improved monitoring reliability, notifications, and overall app stability:
Monitoring engine improvements
• Optimized background polling and timer handling for more consistent status updates
• Improved reliability after app launch and system wake
• Enhanced resilience under changing network conditions
Notifications and status feedback
• Fixed edge cases where notifications or Dock badge indicators could appear inconsistently
• Improved handling of notification permissions and user settings
• Better synchronization between system notifications and application state
Dock icon behavior
• Improved Dock icon behavior and status feedback
• More consistent status display on the Dock icon when Preferences are open
Stability and performance
• Internal architecture refinements and performance optimizations
• Improved state handling across the application
• Various fixes and overall stability improvements
2.7 Mar 11
Enhanced Networking & UI Improvements:
• Added support for custom ports directly in the host field (browser-style format, e.g. 192.168.1.10:8080)
• Improved connection handling and flexibility
• Refined color assets for a better Light & Dark mode experience
2.6.3 Feb 27
Improvements to system integration and post-sleep behavior:
• Updated Preferences window behavior and lifecycle management
• Improved interaction with system activation, Dock presence, and window focus
• Overall stability improvements related to window presentation and state recovery
2.6.2 Feb 10
Internal improvements and UI model refactor:
• Refactored list presentation layer (allow / deny, exact / regex)
• Reduced redundant menu re-rendering
• Improved stability of asynchronous list updates
• Performance improvements in the status bar menu lifecycle
2.6.1 Feb 8
Launch & stability improvements:
• Smarter handling when the app launches with macOS (initial rollout)
• Reduced notification activity at system login
• Improved reliability of background startup logic
• Enhanced system state awareness during startup
• Minor internal improvements
2.6 Jan 2
Minor revisions to the app icon assets:
• Updated vector details and optimized scaling for improved clarity across display sizes.
2.5.6 12/09/2025
Small design tweaks to enhance usability:
• Improved layout and visual clarity for a more intuitive experience.
2.5.5 12/07/2025
Refined interactive dock icon experience:
• Smoother and more precise icon rendering
• Adaptive visual indicator with improved typography
• Style synchronization with macOS system appearance
2.5.4 12/06/2025
A fresh touch of color:
• The interactive Dock icon has been refreshed with improved color balance for macOS 26.
2.5.3 11/05/2025
Small tweaks for a smoother experience:
• Minor improvements, including more intuitive tooltips.
2.5.2 10/06/2025
Improved main switch behavior and appearance with “Indefinitely Switch” active:
• The main switch correctly displays the active color when turned on, whereas in the previous version, it could sometimes appear inactive.
2.5.1 09/27/2025
Optimized for macOS Tahoe to deliver a smoother, more reliable experience:
• Updated and refined main interface (UI)
• Improved and streamlined "Lists of Entries"
• Refreshed and optimized tooltips
• Performance enhancements tailored for macOS Tahoe
• Behind-the-scenes improvements for overall stability
• Various bug fixes and minor adjustments
2.5 09/24/2025
Improved Localization:
• Updated language packs across all supported languages.
2.4.3 07/28/2025
Optimizations and visual enhancements for both UX and UI:
• Polished visuals for key performance indicators
• Hourly scale added to the real-time graph
• Improved color rendering for extended indicators
• Enhanced visual cues for session refresh
• Adjusted color styles for light and dark modes on macOS
• Minor layout and interaction refinements
2.4.2 07/08/2025
Made some optimizations for smoother use:
• Refined and more responsive list editor
• Optimized list input processing
• A few tweaks behind the scenes to keep everything running seamlessly
2.4.1 06/26/2025
Experience improved navigation and customization:
• Implemented a new chart rendering style
• Refactored Main menu and Preferences window layouts
• Added option to switch chart style preference
• Improved overall performance and resource usage
• Various UI adjustments and visual refinements
• Updated language translations
2.4 05/31/2025
This update gives you even more visual clarity:
• Extended indicators showing a few new key measurements
• More detailed and insightful chart data
• Various UI refinements and visual enhancements
• Refreshed and improved language support
2.3.4 05/21/2025
Increased resilience and small fixes:
• UI enhancements for the interactive Dock icon
• Fixed an issue that caused a delay in loading graphical data when switching instances
• Various other minor improvements
2.3.3 05/06/2025
Smoother and more reliable experience:
• Smart improvements under the hood for better energy efficiency
• Unnecessary alerts now suppressed during sleep mode
• Slicker and more responsive UI chart performance
2.3.2 04/22/2025
General optimizations and performance improvements:
• Enhanced app stability and resilience
• Added legend to the chart and various UI refinements
• Chart rendering optimizations
• Faster list loading performance
• Improved language support and translations
• Notification handling improvements
• Optimized session management
• Backend process enhancements
• Improved monitoring level efficiency
• Reduced resource usage for monitoring levels and data requests
2.3.1 04/17/2025
New Features and Improvements:
• A new query graph displays traffic from the past 6 hours.
• Added an option to force session reload to fix connection issues.
• Improved translations and language interface.
• Optimized notification.
• Adjusted UI colors for better integration with the macOS light theme.
• Various optimizations and performance/stability improvements.
2.3 04/01/2025
This update brings significant improvements in performance, security, and compatibility, ensuring a smoother and more efficient experience. Key updates include:
• Minimum Pi-hole Version Requirement - PiQode no longer supports Pi-hole versions below v6. Please update your Pi-hole(s) to continue using the app.
• Upgraded Architecture - Core structural improvements enhance stability, efficiency, and compatibility with newer Pi-hole releases.
• General Performance Enhancements - Optimized processes result in faster response times and reduced resource consumption.
• Task Session Optimization - Improved management of active sessions leads to better task handling and lower background process overhead.
• Updated Lists & Language Interfaces - Refreshed list entries and expanded language support for a more user-friendly experience.
• Enhanced Parallel Status & Notifications - More accurate real-time status updates and improved system monitoring notifications.
• Interactive Icon & Notification Badge - More responsive and visually informative icons and badge.
• Secure Default Connection - PiQode now defaults to HTTPS for improved security, with the option to switch to HTTP if necessary.
To ensure full compatibility and optimal performance, please update your Pi-hole(s) to version 6.x.x or later.
2.2.1 03/17/2025
This update brings significant improvements in performance, security, and compatibility, ensuring a smoother and more efficient experience. Key updates include:
• Minimum Pi-hole Version Requirement - PiQode no longer supports Pi-hole versions below v6. Please update your Pi-hole(s) to continue using the app.
• Upgraded Architecture - Core structural improvements enhance stability, efficiency, and compatibility with newer Pi-hole releases.
• General Performance Enhancements - Optimized processes result in faster response times and reduced resource consumption.
• Task Session Optimization - Improved management of active sessions leads to better task handling and lower background process overhead.
• Updated Lists & Language Interfaces - Refreshed list entries and expanded language support for a more user-friendly experience.
• Enhanced Parallel Status & Notifications - More accurate real-time status updates and improved system monitoring notifications.
• Dynamic Icon & Notification Badge - More responsive and visually informative icon and badge.
• Secure Default Connection - PiQode now defaults to HTTPS for improved security, with the option to switch to HTTP if necessary.
To ensure full compatibility and optimal performance, please update your Pi-hole(s) to version 6.x.x or later.
2.2 03/12/2025
Processing and system reliability improvements:
• Smarter handling of transient connection issues
• Reduced false alerts for a more stable experience
• Optimized chart rendering for smoother and more accurate visuals
• Improved localizations across all languages
• Minor fixes and overall enhancements
more Version 2.7.2 Mar 26
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