HostsMan Alternatives

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   SwitchHosts

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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 (Apache-2.0)

   Origin

   • China

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • China

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Jul 11, 2018

   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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   Unified Hosts AutoUpdate

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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 (MIT)

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

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   BlueLife Hosts Editor

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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

   Origin

   • Türkiye

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Türkiye

   

   

   

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   CWP Utilities

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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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   HostsBlock Indicator

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   A very simple and lightweight indicator applet to manage hostsblock: https://github.com/gaenserich/hostsblock

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   HostsXpert

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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

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United States

   

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   Gas Mask

    9 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Estonia
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Estonia
   • EU

   

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    HostsCK

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    By maintaining the Windows Hosts file you can block many annoying ads, banners and

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    BeeThink IP Blocker

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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

    • Firewall

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

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    Auto Hosts

     3 likes

    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 (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Ad Blocker

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    

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    HostAdmin

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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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    HOTS Hosts

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    Free, open-source Windows app for editing the hosts file — with parental controls, telemetry-blocking privacy tools, backups, and malware diagnostics built in.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Parental Control
    • Internet Filter

    Origin

    • Poland
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Poland
    • EU

    

    

    

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