Gas Mask Alternatives for Windows

Gas Mask is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is HostsMan, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Gas Mask and ten of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Gas Mask are SwitchHosts, HostsFileEditor, HostsXpert and BeeThink IP Blocker.

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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.

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Gas Mask alternatives page was last updated Mar 31, 2022
  1. HostsMan icon
     43 likes

    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.

    14 HostsMan alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HostsMan Features

    1.  Robust Tagging
    HostsMan iconGas Mask Icon

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    • 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.

    11 SwitchHosts alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SwitchHosts Features

    1.  Support multiple hosts files
    2.  Localhost
    SwitchHosts iconGas Mask Icon

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    • 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
  3. HostsFileEditor icon
     3 likes

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

    8 HostsFileEditor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HostsFileEditor Features

    1.  Configuration Management
    HostsFileEditor iconGas Mask Icon

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  4. HostsXpert icon
     3 likes

    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...

    11 HostsXpert alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HostsXpert Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.4, released in September 2011, can be still downloaded from MajorGeeks

    HostsXpert iconGas Mask Icon

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  5. BeeThink IP Blocker icon
     4 likes

    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...

    9 BeeThink IP Blocker alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    BeeThink IP Blocker iconGas Mask Icon

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    • 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
  6. HostAdmin icon
     1 like

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

    10 HostAdmin alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    HostAdmin iconGas Mask Icon

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  7. 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.

    8 CWP Utilities alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CWP Utilities Features

    1.  Network Tools
    CWP Utilities iconGas Mask Icon

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  8. Hosts Switcher for Firefox icon
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    Hosts switcher allows you to change and reload your hosts file based on a simple template language.

    6 Hosts Switcher for Firefox alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
    Hosts Switcher for Firefox iconGas Mask Icon

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  9.  Like this app

    Quickly and easily install, uninstall, and set up automatic updates for any of Steven Black's unified hosts files.

    14 Unified Hosts AutoUpdate alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10.  Like this app

    A small tool to manage and switch host config using qt4 lib. It was tested in linux windows and mac os.

    4 Host Switcher alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Host Switcher Features

    1.  File Hosting
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.0, released in December 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Code Archive

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