Top 4 Shell Hostsfile Projects

hblock

29 1,463 7.4 Shell

Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.

Project mention: This is a new kind of scammer | /r/india | 2023-06-03

I'm talking something like hblock (https://hblock.molinero.dev/) which is for host blocking malceous+ other websites. Imagine blocking every single address manually. To get a picture how impossible it be here is the sample hosts file (https://hblock.molinero.dev/hosts) just do line count and you will understand.

Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist

23 1,184 0.0 Shell

The Ultimate Unified Hosts file for protecting your network, computer, smartphones and Wi-Fi devices against millions of bad web sites. Protect your children and family from gaining access to bad web sites and protect your devices and pc from being infected with Malware or Ransomware.

Project mention: Block Adware and Malware with /etc/hosts | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-12

https://github.com/Ultimate-Hosts-Blacklist/Ultimate.Hosts.B...
Don't forget about hosts.deny (but you probably need it at your router if you are behind one).

InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
bebasid

25 805 9.2 Shell

bebasid dapat membantu membuka halaman situs web yang diblokir dengan memanfaatkan hosts file.
autohosts

1 78 1.0 Shell

Automate hosts file updates on Linux and MacOS. Block Firefox telemetry, Google snooping and web trackers at the root.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).