2A2a0c40¡Nov 20, 2015Submission
4 points ¡ Open discussionStevenBlack
hosts
Python2013â2026
StevenBlack / hosts
hosts
đ Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
168Distinct people
244Mentions
5Explicit recommenders
31.5KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
đ Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
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Where it is used
The last source check was inconclusive. This does not establish whether a product uses it.
What people are saying
I am in the exact same boat. And lately it's the same sort of shit... My dad will get a text message on Facebook from a "friend" (usually a dead friend) and it'll say somethingâŚ
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Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year244 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2013-02-22 16:12:14 UTC to 2026-10-07 09:41:56 UTC.
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Counts come from the repositoryâs dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 38 | 2 | 36 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 18 | 2 | 16 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 28 | 1 | 27 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 41 | 2 | 39 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 27 | 2 | 25 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 19 | 4 | 15 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 22 | 3 | 19 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesThis is a nice idea, but it's really easy to replicate using dnsmasq and a custom hosts file (I use "Someone Who Cares"[1], but others exist as well, [2][3])
dnsmasq can read from the hosts file and the whole thing is automatically updated once a week with the latest bad domains (a simple `curl` request is all that's needed)
This method also ports much easier to other *nixes and even Windows since dnsmasq already has wider platform support.
[1] http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
[2] http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
[3] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
In Adsuck â a small DNS server that spoofs blacklisted addressesI recommend you check out StevenBlack's Amalgamated hosts file: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Currently the hosts files from the following locations are amalgamated:
MVPs.org Hosts file at http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm, updated monthly, or thereabouts.
Dan Pollock at http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ updated regularly.
Malware Domain List at http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/, updated regularly.
Peter Lowe at http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/, updated regularly.
hpHosts at http://hosts-file.net/, updated regularly
My own small list in raw form here.
In Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide UseAsk HN: Suggestions for a current /etc/hosts DNS blacklist?
I am looking for a simple UNIX solution to blocking connections to ad servers. I am trying to minimize useless bandwidth usage, among other things. I have used Adblock+, Ghostery etc before but I'm looking for a simple, /etc/hosts-based solution. Of course, keeping a blacklist up-to-date is a small challenge. I have found:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
StevenBlack's repo looks most promising, as it combines various sources, but I was curious if any HNers had better suggestions. Do you use a /etc/hosts blacklist? When was the last time it was updated? How many hosts does it block?
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