Hosts by StevenBlack

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Open source, community-maintained consolidated and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. You can optionally pick extensions to block p0rn, Social Media, gambling, fake news and other categories.

Homepage: github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
GitHub: github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Web info: web-check.xyz/check/github.com

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Author

StevenBlack

Description

🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

#ad-blocker#anti-virus#curated-sources#gambling-filter#hosts#malware#porn-filter#pornblocker#privacy#protection#python#ransomware#security#social-media-filter#trojans#unified-hosts

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License

MIT

Created

12 Apr 12

Last Updated

12 Jul 26

Latest version

v2.3.7

Primary Language

Python

Size

1,834,426 KB

Stars

30,698

Forks

2,425

Watchers

30,698

Language Usage

Star History

Top Contributors

Recent Commits

Steven Black (10 Jul 26)
Merge pull request #3192 from data-liberator/master add domains associated with Ad-Shield / html-load.com
data-liberator (09 Jul 26)
add domains associated with Ad-Shield / html-load.com Adds some domains used by Ad-Shield. Note that some sites using Ad-Shield (such as Yahoo News) may choose to break if they cannot contact Ad-Shield and pull down ads.
Steven Black (09 Jul 26)
Release 3.16.97
Steven Black (09 Jul 26)
Updates from BogDargon, URLHaus, and KADhosts.
Steven Black (09 Jul 26)
Issue #2932: removing sentrypc.com from the Clefspeare13 porn hosts.
Steven Black (09 Jul 26)
Issue #3175: adding more Ledger-spoofing domains.
Steven Black (07 Jul 26)
Merge pull request #3188 from XhmikosR/xmr/codeql A couple of CodeQL fixes
Steven Black (05 Jul 26)
Release 3.16.96
Steven Black (05 Jul 26)
Updates from URLHaus and KADhosts.
Steven Black (05 Jul 26)
Merge pull request #3189 from XhmikosR/patch-1 sourcestats.sh: check for required tools
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Merge branch 'StevenBlack:master' into patch-1
Steven Black (05 Jul 26)
Merge pull request #3187 from XhmikosR/xmr/filters Reject domains with invalid characters in normalize_rule
Steven Black (05 Jul 26)
Merge pull request #3186 from XhmikosR/xmr/ci Update GitHub Actions workflows
Steven Black (05 Jul 26)
Issue #3185: fix — add several domains related to athwartwhoafat.com.
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
sourcestats.sh: check for required tools
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Return an explicit False from move_hosts_file_into_place Unsupported platforms fell off the end and returned None.
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Close the README template file after reading it
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Always close the output hosts file Open it in a with statement; drop the unused self-opening branch in remove_dups_and_excl.
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Document empty except in domain_to_idna
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Reject domains with invalid characters in normalize_rule
XhmikosR (05 Jul 26)
Update GitHub Actions workflows - CodeQL: scan Actions workflows too, switch to build-mode none matrix, drop autobuild - container: attach build provenance and SBOM to the image - add timeout-minutes to all jobs
Steven Black (04 Jul 26)
Release 3.16.95
Steven Black (04 Jul 26)
Updates from BigDargon, URLHaus, someonewhocares.org, KADhosts, and hostsVN.
Steven Black (01 Jul 26)
Merge pull request #3183 from StevenBlack/dependabot/github_actions/github-actions-e164a1557c Bump the github-actions group with 5 updates
dependabot[bot] (01 Jul 26)
Bump the github-actions group with 5 updates Bumps the github-actions group with 5 updates: | Package | From | To | | --- | --- | --- | | [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) | `6.0.2` | `7.0.0` | | [actions/setup-python](https://github.com/actions/setup-python) | `6.2.0` | `6.3.0` | | [github/codeql-action/init](https://github.com/github/codeql-action) | `4.36.0` | `4.36.2` | | [github/codeql-action/autobuild](https://github.com/github/codeql-action) | `4.36.0` | `4.36.2` | | [github/codeql-action/analyze](https://github.com/github/codeql-action) | `4.36.0` | `4.36.2` | Updates `actions/checkout` from 6.0.2 to 7.0.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd...9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0) Updates `actions/setup-python` from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/setup-python/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/setup-python/compare/a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405...ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1) Updates `github/codeql-action/init` from 4.36.0 to 4.36.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/compare/7211b7c8077ea37d8641b6271f6a365a22a5fbfa...8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e) Updates `github/codeql-action/autobuild` from 4.36.0 to 4.36.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/compare/7211b7c8077ea37d8641b6271f6a365a22a5fbfa...8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e) Updates `github/codeql-action/analyze` from 4.36.0 to 4.36.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/compare/7211b7c8077ea37d8641b6271f6a365a22a5fbfa...8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: 7.0.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major dependency-group: github-actions - dependency-name: actions/setup-python dependency-version: 6.3.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor dependency-group: github-actions - dependency-name: github/codeql-action/init dependency-version: 4.36.2 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions - dependency-name: github/codeql-action/autobuild dependency-version: 4.36.2 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions - dependency-name: github/codeql-action/analyze dependency-version: 4.36.2 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>
Steven Black (30 Jun 26)
Release 3.16.94
Steven Black (30 Jun 26)
Update graphs.
Steven Black (30 Jun 26)
Updates from BigDargon, URLHaus, someonewhocares.org, KADhosts, and hostsVN.
Steven Black (30 Jun 26)
Adding domain block-apple.com
Steven Black (30 Jun 26)
Release 3.16.93

Hosts by StevenBlack Security

6.1/10

Repo Security Summary

Updated 29 Jun 26

Code-Review 0/10
Maintained 10/10
Dangerous-Workflow 10/10
Token-Permissions 9/10
Binary-Artifacts 10/10
CII-Best-Practices 0/10
Security-Policy 0/10
License 10/10
Fuzzing 0/10
Pinned-Dependencies 6/10
Branch-Protection 0/10
Signed-Releases N/A
SAST 10/10
Packaging 10/10

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