Gas Mask Alternatives

Gas Mask is described as 'Is simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X. It allows editing of host files and switching between them' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Gas Mask for Windows, Mac, Linux, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The best Gas Mask alternative is HostsMan, which is free. Other great apps like Gas Mask are SwitchHosts, BeeThink IP Blocker, Auto Hosts and HostsXpert.

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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 Gas Mask.

    • HostsMan is the most popular free alternative to Gas Mask.

    • HostsMan is Free and ProprietaryGas Mask 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 Gas Mask.

    • SwitchHosts is the most popular Open Source alternative to Gas Mask.

    • SwitchHosts is Free and Open SourceGas Mask is also Free and Open Source
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    BeeThink IP Blocker is a Windows IP Blocking program which controls one computer interacts with other computers over the network. It can be successfully used on Windows server machines, in a production environment, to easily ban unwanted IP addresses or visitors by country with...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • BeeThink IP Blocker is the most popular commercial alternative to Gas Mask.

    • BeeThink IP Blocker is Paid and ProprietaryGas Mask is Free and Open Source
    • BeeThink IP Blocker is Privacy focusedGas Mask is not according to our users
  4. 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
     
  5. HostsXpert icon
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    HostsXpert is an ultra-groovy Hosts file Manager, Editor and Helper-outter. Below you'll find a list of HostsXpert's functions. Just a Simple word of caution - Hosts files are not to be taken lightly...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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
     
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    Hosts add a preference pane to your system preferences which lets you toggle your host file entries on and off, as well as add and remove them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Hosts.prefpane as an Alternative to Gas Mask
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    Gas Mask is totally broken on Sierra

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Hosts.prefpane is Free and Open SourceGas Mask is also Free and Open Source
  8. 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
     
  9. Anvil icon
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    Anvil takes your site folder, gives it a .dev URL and makes it run for you. Works for any static HTML sites and Rack apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. CWP Utilities icon
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    CWP Utilities 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Hosts switcher allows you to change and reload your hosts file based on a simple template language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • 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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