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.

Aggregator

Last updated: August 18 2024.
Here's the raw hosts file Unified hosts file with base extensions containing 168,736 entries.

Size history

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