CWP Utilities Alternatives

CWP Utilities is described as 'Automates the process of maintaining up-to-date and comprehensive hosts files, P2P block lists, and PAC filters, in order to block a variety of trackers, advertisements, malware and generally malicious activity, on a system-wide level' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are eight alternatives to CWP Utilities for Windows, Mac, Linux, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The best CWP Utilities alternative is HostsMan, which is free. Other great apps like CWP Utilities are SwitchHosts, BlueLife Hosts Editor, Gas Mask and Auto Hosts.

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  1. HostsMan icon
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    HostsMan is a freeware hosts file manager and editor.

    Built-in hosts file updater Enable/Disable hosts file Built-in hosts editor Scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks Hosts file backup manager Exclusion list.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • HostsMan is the most popular Windows alternative to CWP Utilities.

    • HostsMan is the most popular free alternative to CWP Utilities.

    • HostsMan is Free and ProprietaryCWP Utilities is Free and Open Source
  2. SwitchHosts icon
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    SwitchHosts is an App for managing hosts file, it is based on Electron, React, UmiJS, Chakra UI, CodeMirror, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • SwitchHosts is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CWP Utilities.

    • SwitchHosts is the most popular Open Source alternative to CWP Utilities.

    • SwitchHosts is Free and Open SourceCWP Utilities is also Free and Open Source
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    BlueLife Hosts Editor is a portable freeware hosts-file editor and allows you to easily add/delete, block, and update domain names to your hosts file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Gas Mask icon
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    Gas Mask is simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X. It allows editing of host files and switching between them.

    12 Gas Mask alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Auto Hosts icon
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    Hosts file are a useful redundancy when coupled with ad blockers like uBlock Origin and uMatrix - while debugging or 'Temporarily Allow All on this Site' with Noscript can open you up to underlying attacks or privacy intrusions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Hosts File Editor makes it easy to change your hosts file as well as archive multiple versions for easy retrieval.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. HostAdmin icon
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    Saving your time when you switch domain-IP mapping (Hosts file) between different environment. Awesome host file editor!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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    Quickly and easily install, uninstall, and set up automatic updates for any of Steven Black's unified hosts files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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