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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 of tailored hosts
files are provided.

Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.

!Aggregator

Last updated: October 02 2026.

Here's the

raw hosts file Unified hosts file with base extensions
containing 72,233 entries.

!Size history

List of all hosts file

This repository offers
31 different host file ,
in addition to the base , 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 | 72,233 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews | Readme | link | 74,832 | link
fakenews | Readme | link | 2,187 | link
Unified hosts + gambling | Readme | link | 79,306 | link
gambling | Readme | link | 6,673 | link
Unified hosts + porn | Readme | link | 148,719 | link
porn | Readme | link | 76,793 | link
Unified hosts + social | Readme | link | 76,421 | link
social | Readme | link | 3,808 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling | Readme | link | 81,493 | link
fakenews + gambling | Readme | link | 8,866 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + porn | Readme | link | 150,906 | link
fakenews + porn | Readme | link | 78,986 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + social | Readme | link | 78,608 | link
fakenews + social | Readme | link | 6,001 | link
Unified hosts + gambling + porn | Readme | link | 155,380 | link
gambling + porn | Readme | link | 83,466 | link
Unified hosts + gambling + social | Readme | link | 83,082 | link
gambling + social | Readme | link | 10,481 | link
Unified hosts + porn + social | Readme | link | 152,493 | link
porn + social | Readme | link | 80,599 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + porn | Readme | link | 157,567 | link
fakenews + gambling + porn | Readme | link | 85,659 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + social | Readme | link | 85,269 | link
fakenews + gambling + social | Readme | link | 12,674 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + porn + social | Readme | link | 154,680 | link
fakenews + porn + social | Readme | link | 82,792 | link
Unified hosts + gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 159,154 | link
gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 87,272 | link
Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 161,341 | link
fakenews + gambling + porn + social | Readme | link | 89,413 | link

Expectation: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
of OS.

Sources of hosts data unified in this

Updated hosts files from the following locations are always unified and
included:

| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
Ste'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 | raw | MIT | issues| Spam sites based on hostsfile.org content.
Mitchell Krog's - Badd Boyz Hosts |link | raw | MIT | issues| Sketchy domains and Bad Referrers from my Nginx and Apache Bad Bot and Spam Referrer Blockers
hostsVN |link | raw | MIT | issues| Hosts block ads of
KADhosts |link | raw | CC BY-SA 4.0 | issues| Fraud/adware/scam websites.
minecraft-hosts |link | raw | CC0-1.0 | issues| Minecraft related tracker hosts
M file |link | raw | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | issues| The purpose of this site is to provide the user with a high quality custom HOSTS file.
Dan Pollock – someonewhocares |link | raw | non-commercial with attribution | issues| How to make the internet not suck (as much).
Tiuxo hostlist - ads |link | raw | CC BY 4.0 | issues| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
UncheckyAds |link | raw | MIT | issues| Windows installers ads sources sites based on content.
URLHaus |link | raw | CC0 | issues| A project from abuse.ch with the goal of sharing malicious URLs.
yoyo.org |link | raw | | issues| Blocking with ad server and tracking ser.

Extensions

The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: fakenews,
social, gambling, and porn.

Extensions are optional, and can be combined in ways with the base hosts
file. The combined products are stored in the
alternates
folder.

Data for extensions are stored in the
extensions
folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
the data for fakenews, social, gambling, and porn extension data that we
maintain and provide for you.

Generate your own unified hosts file

You ha options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
container image, build your own image, or do it in your own en. Option
#1 is easiest if you ha with Docker installed.

Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)

> This will replace your /etc/hosts.

We assume you ha a on your host. Just run the following
command. Set extensions to your preference.

If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
per the instructions and add the
following arguments _before_ ghcr.io/ste/hosts:latest depending on
which you wish to use.

You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest a
hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).

Option 2: Generate your own container image

We provide the
Dockerfile used
by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
e you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
requirements, and a copy of the latest of this repository.

Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:

Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):

Then run your command as such:

> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add so
> files on your host are replaced.

Option 3: Generate it in your own en

To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.

First, install the dependencies with:

Note we recommend the --user flag which installs the required dependencies
at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
documentation.

Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab

Spin up a free remote Google Colab en.

Common steps regardless of your de en

To run unit tests, in the top-le, run:

The updateHostsFile.py script will generate a unified hosts file based on the
sources in the local data/ subfolder. The script will prompt you whether it
should fetch updated (from locations defined by the update.json text
file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the hosts file that's
already there.

#### Command line options

--help, or -h: display help.

--auto, or -a: run the script without prompting. When --auto is invoked,

Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.

No extensions are included by default. Use the --extensions or -e flag to

include any you want.

Your acti file is _not_ replaced unless you include the --replace

flag.

--backup, or -b: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
over them.

--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>, or -e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>: the names of
subfolders below the extensions folder containing additional category-specific
hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: --extensions porn or
-e social porn.

--flush-dns-cache, or -f: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
active when --replace is also active.

--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, or -i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn: the IP address to use as the
target. Default is 0.0.0.0.

--keepdomaincomments, or -k: true (default) or false, keep the comments
that appear on the same line as domains. The default is true.

--noupdate, or -n: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.

--output <subfolder>, or -o <subfolder>: place the generated source file in
a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.

--replace, or -r: trigger replacing your acti

--skipstatichosts, or -s: false (default) or true, omit the standard
section at the top, containing lines like 127.0.0.1 localhost. This is useful
for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.

--nogendata, or -g: false (default) or true, skip the generation of the
readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.

--nounifiedhosts: false (default) or true, do not include the unified hosts
file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with --extensions.

--compress, or -c: false (default) or true, _Compress_ the hosts file
ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).

--minimise, or -m: false (default) or true, like --compress, but puts
each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
of URL blockers that rely on hosts files do not conform to the standard which
allows multiple hosts on a single line.

--blacklist <blacklistfile>, or -x <blacklistfile>: Append the given
blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.

--whitelist <whitelistfile>, or -w <whitelistfile>: Use the gi
file to remo from the generated hosts file.

How do I control which sources are unified?

Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the data/ folder,
and specify the url key in its update.json file.

Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
extensions/ folder. Again the url in update.json controls where this
extension finds its updates.

Create an _optional_ blacklist file. The contents of this file (containing a
listing of additional domains in hosts file format) are appended to the
unified hosts file during the update process. A sample blacklist is included,
and may be modified as you need.

NOTE: The blacklist is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be

o when you git pull this repo from origin in the future.

How do I include my own custom domain mappings?

If you ha hosts records, place them in file myhosts. The contents of
this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.

The myhosts file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
o when you git pull this repo from origin in the future.

How do I prevent domains from being included?

The domains you list in the whitelist file are excluded from the final hosts
file.

The whitelist uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
google-analytics.com, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
the final hosts file.

The whitelist is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
o when you git pull this repo from origin in the future.

How can I contribute hosts records?

If you disco domains you feel should be included here, here are some
ways to contribute them.

Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources

The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
data pro whose home pages are
listed here.
This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.

Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Ste's personal data file, and submit a pull request

Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to

Then, submit a pull request.

WARNING: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
falls on us. So this creates more work for us.

Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub

If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
a new issue and we may include
your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
.

What is a hosts file?

A hosts file, named hosts (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.

In most operating systems, the hosts file is preferential to DNS. Therefore
if a domain name is resolved by the hosts file, the request ne your
computer.

Having a smart hosts file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
and other irritants.

For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
lines to your hosts file will do it:

We recommend using 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1

Traditionally most host files use 127.0.0.1, the _loopback address_, to
establish an IP connection to the local machine.

We prefer to use 0.0.0.0, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.

Using 0.0.0.0 is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
running on the local PC.

Why not use 0 instead of 0.0.0.0?

We tried that. Using 0 doesn't work uni.

Location of your hosts file

To modify your current hosts file, look for it in the following places and
modify it with a text editor.

macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux: /etc/hosts

file.

macOS Catalina: /private/etc/hosts file.

Windows: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.

Gentoo

Gentoo users may find
sb-hosts
in ::pf4public Gentoo o

NixOS

To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
configuration.nix:

NOTE: Change hostsPath if you need other of hosts file.

NOTE: The call to fetchurl is impure. Use fetchFromGitHub with the exact

commit if you want to always get the same result.

Nix Flake

NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the flake.nix in this repository as an input.

It contains a nixosModule that can be used to install the hosts file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the Unbound DNS server to be used as blocklists.

Updating hosts file on Windows

(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

For older of Windows

On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:

This file MUST be run in command prompt with administrator pri in the
repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.

To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
following:

Windows XP: Start → Run → cmd

Windows Vista, 7: Start Button → type cmd → right-click Command Prompt →

"Run as Administrator"

Windows 8: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click

Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"

Windows 10: Start Button → type cmd → right-click Command Prompt → "Run

as Administrator"

For new of Windows

On modern of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
administrati) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.

The provided updateHostsWindows.ps1 is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
batch file it MUST be ran with administrati, but it can
relaunch itself if not.

To run execute the script type:

into any a Windows command line and for detailed information type:

Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be o) and for more
information and solutions please visit the home of this script here.

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You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
recommended solutions from third parties.

Warning: Using this hosts file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service

Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
Windows 10 denies access to changing services tools except registry
hacks. Use the disable-dnscache-ser.cmd file to make proper changes to
the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
the
the comments within the cmd file
for more details.

Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at Hosts Compress - Windows (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the Hosts Compression Scripts repository.

Reloading hosts file

Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
in place.

The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
chrome://net-internals/#dns page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
file. See: <

Windows

Open a command prompt with administrator pri and run this command:

Linux

Open a Terminal and run with root pri:

Debian/Ubuntu sudo service network-manager restart

Linux Mint sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start

Linux with systemd: sudo systemctl restart network.service

Fedora Linux: sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service

Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager:

sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service

Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd: sudo systemctl restart wicd.service

RHEL/Centos: sudo /etc/init.d/network restart

FreeBSD: sudo service nscd restart

To enable the nscd daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
following commands:

Then modify the hosts line in your /etc/nsswitch.conf file to the
following:

NixOS: The nscd.service is automatically restarted when the option

networking.extraHosts was changed.

Others: Consult

this Wikipedia article.

macOS

As described in this article,
open a Terminal and run:

Release management

This repository uses release-it, an
excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
creating releases. This is why
the
package.json
and
.release-it.json
files are bundled.

Goals of this unified hosts file

The goals of this repo are to:

1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.

A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
expected.

It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
devices under a of operating systems.

Third-Party Hosts Managers

Unified Hosts AutoUpdate

(for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
unified hosts project as well as in acti by community members.
You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
organization policies. And since it is in acti by
community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
most welcome.

is a Hosts file Manager,

written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!

SaneHosts (for macOS): A nati file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

Interesting Applications

Hosts-BL is a simple

tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remo, remove
duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
to name a few.

Host Minder is a simple

GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
consolidated hosts files from Ste/hosts. It is provided as a deb
package and comes pre-installed on UbuntuCE.

Maza ad blocking is a bash

script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.

Hostile is a nifty command line utility

to easily add or remo from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
too aggressive for you, you can use hostile to remo, or you can
use hostile in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
download fresh of hosts.

macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore

helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
script
to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
combination with a
launchd
it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
download the GitHub repo and run the
install script
from the directory one level up.

Pi-hole is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker

that runs on Raspberry Pi.
Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.

Block ads and malware BIND9 DNS server

(for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked file, sourced from here.

Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls DualServer DNS/DHCP server

(for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for e on your network
using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
DualServer's blacklist e.

Blocking ads and malwares with unbound

–
Unbound
is a , recursive, and caching DNS resolver.

dnsmasq con script

This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
uses wget & awk present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
/etc/cron.weekly (or where). The script is short and easily edited,
also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.

BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater

This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
files found at this repository.

Hosts Compression Scripts These are scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).

Hosts Compress - Windows This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is exponentially faster.

dnscrypt-proxy

provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
formats.

Control D

offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
- Legacy DNS: 76.76.2.35, 76.76.10.35, 2606:1a40::35, 2606:1a40:1::35
- DNS-o/TLS/DOQ: , x-ste.freedns.controld.com

Contribute

Please read our
Contributing Guide.
Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
repository.

We are always interested in disco well-curated sources of hosts. If you
find one, please open an issue to
draw our attention.

Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
code of conduct.

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