Take Note!
With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts
, all other issues regarding the content of the
produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
sources can be found in the hosts/data/
directory.
Unified hosts file with base extensions
This repository consolidates several reputable hosts
files, and merges them
into a unified hosts file with duplicates removed. A variety of tailored hosts
files are provided.
Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.
- Last updated: August 18 2024.
- Here's the raw hosts file Unified hosts file with base extensions containing 168,736 entries.
List of all hosts file variants
This repository offers 31 different host file variants, in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
The Non GitHub mirror is the link to use for some hosts file managers like Hostsman for Windows that don't work with GitHub download links.
Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unified hosts = (adware + malware) | Readme | link | 168,736 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews | Readme | link | 170,930 | link |
fakenews | Readme | link | 2,194 | link |
Unified hosts + gambling | Readme | link | 177,114 | link |
gambling | Readme | link | 8,390 | link |
Unified hosts + porn | Readme | link | 252,011 | link |
porn | Readme | link | 83,971 | link |
Unified hosts + social | Readme | link | 171,928 | link |
social | Readme | link | 3,221 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling | Readme | link | 179,308 | link |
fakenews + gambling | Readme | link | 10,584 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + porn | Readme | link | 254,205 | link |
fakenews + porn | Readme | link | 86,165 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + social | Readme | link | 174,122 | link |
fakenews + social | Readme | link | 5,415 | link |
Unified hosts + gambling + porn | Readme | link | 260,389 | link |
gambling + porn | Readme | link | 92,361 | link |
Unified hosts + gambling + social | Readme | link | 180,306 | link |
gambling + social | Readme | link | 11,611 | link |
Unified hosts + porn + social | Readme | link | 255,202 | link |
porn + social | Readme | link | 87,191 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + porn | Readme | link | 262,583 | link |
fakenews + gambling + porn | Readme | link | 94,555 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + social | Readme | link | 182,500 | link |
fakenews + gambling + social | Readme | link | 13,805 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + porn + social | Readme | link | 257,396 | link |
fakenews + porn + social | Readme | link | 89,385 | link |
Unified hosts + gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 263,580 | link |
gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 95,581 | link |
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 265,774 | link |
fakenews + gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 97,775 | link |
Expectation: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless of OS.
Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
Updated hosts
files from the following locations are always unified and
included:
Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steven Black's ad-hoc list | link | raw | MIT | issues | Additional sketch domains as I come across them. |
AdAway | link | raw | CC BY 3.0 | issues | AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file. |
add.2o7Net | link | raw | MIT | issues | 2o7Net tracking sites based on hostsfile.org content. |
add.Dead | link | raw | MIT | issues | Dead sites based on hostsfile.org content. |
add.Risk | link | raw | MIT | issues | Risk content sites based on hostsfile.org content. |
add.Spam | link |