Top 11 hosts-file Open-Source Projects

optimizer

66 12,114 8.5 C#

The finest Windows Optimizer

Project mention: Windows de-fucker for people like Steven | /r/Destiny | 2023-09-14

hostctl

0 1,006 3.9 Go

Your dev tool to manage /etc/hosts like a pro!
InfluxDB

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polish-ads-filter

4 650 10.0 Adblock Filter List

CertyficateIT - Oficjalne polskie filtry do Adblock, uBlock Origin, Adguard

Project mention: last week poczta.o2.pl started displaying ads | /r/uBlockOrigin | 2023-06-19

For Polish specific issues you can ask here: https://github.com/MajkiIT/polish-ads-filter/issues You'll have better luck there to find someone with an account on this webmail.

PyFunceble

2 280 8.4 Python

The tool to check the availability or syntax of domain, IP or URL.
BlockLists

2 233 8.8

DNS Block Lists (by ShadowWhisperer)
BlockAds

1 133 7.6

Magisk module to block ads on android
smed79_blacklist

1 34 4.3 Adblock Filter List

A blacklist of bad domains in DNS hosts format and Adblock Plus syntax with the purpose of blocking bad domains used for serving advertisements, tracking, mining, and other nasty content. (by smed79)
WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
pDNSf-Hosts-collection

1 27 9.5 Shell

My personalized Hosts file collection of various sources, cleaned and optimized specially for pDNSf
locdev

2 22 5.7 Rust

locdev is a handy CLI tool that simplifies the process of adding, removing, and listing entries in the hosts file.

Project mention: I made a handy little CLI for managing your hosts file | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-27

DataMaster-Android-AdBlock-Hosts

1 21 0.0

Android AdBlock Hosts file for /etc/hosts
hosty

1 11 0.0 Go

Hosty is a command-line utility that allows for fast inspection and editing of /etc/hosts-like files

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).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source hosts-file projects? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	optimizer	12,114
2	hostctl	1,006
3	polish-ads-filter	650
4	PyFunceble	280
5	BlockLists	233
6	BlockAds	133
7	smed79_blacklist	34
8	pDNSf-Hosts-collection	27
9	locdev	22
10	DataMaster-Android-AdBlock-Hosts	21
11	hosty	11