HostsMan Alternatives

HostsMan is described as 'freeware hosts file manager and editor' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to HostsMan for Windows, Mac, Linux, Firefox and Google Chrome. The best HostsMan alternative is SwitchHosts, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HostsMan are Gas Mask, BlueLife Hosts Editor, Auto Hosts and HostsFileEditor.

HostsMan alternatives are mainly Ad Blockers but may also be Firewalls. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of HostsMan.

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HostsMan

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HostsMan is a freeware hosts file manager and editor.

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SwitchHosts
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
11 SwitchHosts alternatives
SwitchHosts is an App for managing hosts file, it is based on Electron, React, UmiJS, Chakra UI, CodeMirror, etc.
- - SwitchHosts is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to HostsMan.
- - SwitchHosts is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to HostsMan.
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SwitchHosts Features
Support multiple hosts files
Localhost
Comments about SwitchHosts as a Alternative to HostsMan
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Cross-platform and allows you to actually edit the file like a text editor so you can copy/paste. Other apps so frustrating in this regard.
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Gas Mask
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Free • Open Source
Mac
14 Gas Mask alternatives
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 Features
Creating combined hosts file
Automatic host source updates 5min-7days
BlueLife Hosts Editor
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
6 BlueLife Hosts Editor alternatives
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.
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BlueLife Hosts Editor Features
File Hosting
Auto Hosts
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Free • Open Source
Ad Blocker
Mac
Linux
16 Auto Hosts alternatives
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.
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Auto Hosts Features
1. Block TrackersAuto Hosts has a feature to block trackers from tracking you.
Adblocking via DNS
HostsFileEditor
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 HostsFileEditor alternatives
Hosts File Editor makes it easy to change your hosts file as well as archive multiple versions for easy retrieval.
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HostsFileEditor Features
Configuration Management
HostsXpert
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 HostsXpert alternatives
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 -
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HostsXpert Features
1. PortableHostsXpert can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.4, released in September 2011, can be still downloaded from MajorGeeks
BeeThink IP Blocker
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Windows
9 BeeThink IP Blocker alternatives
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...
- - BeeThink IP Blocker is the most popular commercial alternative to HostsMan.
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HostAdmin
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
Google Chrome
Firefox
10 HostAdmin alternatives
Saving your time when you switch domain-IP mapping (Hosts file) between different environment. Awesome host file editor!
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HostsBlock Indicator
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Free • Open Source
Linux
3 HostsBlock Indicator alternatives
A very simple and lightweight indicator applet to manage hostsblock: https://github.com/gaenserich/hostsblock
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CWP Utilities
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Free • Open Source
Ad Blocker
Windows
8 CWP Utilities alternatives
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.
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CWP Utilities Features
Network Tools
Localghost
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Free • Open Source
Mac
3 Localghost alternatives
Localghost makes it easy to switch development host names to resolve to localhost with a status item (i.e. system tray) that adds / removes entries from /etc/hosts.
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Localghost Features
File Hosting
HostsCK
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
3 HostsCK alternatives
By maintaining the Windows Hosts file you can block many annoying ads, banners and
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