HostsXpert Alternatives

HostsXpert is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to HostsXpert for Windows, Mac, Linux, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The best HostsXpert alternative is HostsMan, which is free. Other great apps like HostsXpert are SwitchHosts, BeeThink IP Blocker, BlueLife Hosts Editor and Gas Mask.

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  1. HostsMan icon

    HostsMan

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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
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    • HostsMan is the most popular Windows alternative to HostsXpert.

    • HostsMan is the most popular free alternative to HostsXpert.

    • HostsMan is Free and ProprietaryHostsXpert is also Free and Proprietary
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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

    Platforms

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

    • SwitchHosts is the most popular Open Source alternative to HostsXpert.

    • SwitchHosts is Free and Open SourceHostsXpert is Free and Proprietary
  4. BeeThink IP Blocker icon

    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

    Platforms

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

    • BeeThink IP Blocker is Paid and ProprietaryHostsXpert is Free and Proprietary
    • BeeThink IP Blocker is Privacy focusedHostsXpert is not according to our users
  5. BlueLife Hosts Editor icon

    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Gas Mask icon

    Gas Mask

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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
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  7. Auto Hosts icon

    Auto Hosts

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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
    Terminal output during install or update.
     
  9. iplist icon

    iplist

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    iplist is a Linux application for blocking connections to and from a specified range of hosts using the netfilter netlink-queue library. iplist is an open source IP filtering program similar to PeerGuardian .

    6 iplist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    A log of blocked addresses
     
  10. HostsFileEditor icon

    HostsFileEditor

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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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  11. Hosts.prefpane icon

    Hosts.prefpane

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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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  12. HostAdmin icon

    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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  13. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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