This simple GUI allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four consolidated hosts files
from StevenBlack/hosts.
These consolidated hosts files allow you to block websites from various categories such as Ads, Porn, Gambling, Social, and Fake News.
Host Minder has them setup into four Protection Levels.
- Low
- Ads / Porn
- Medium
- Ads / Porn / Gambling
- High
- Ads / Porn / Gambling / Social
- Max
- Ads / Porn / Gambling / Social / Fake News
When you enable Host Minder your existing /etc/hosts entries are added to the downloaded hosts file inside a special
section.
Example:
# Custom host records are listed here.
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 your-laptop
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
# End of custom host records.
If you need to add additional entries simply add them to this section between # Custom host records are listed here.
and # End of custom host records.
If you decide to turn off Host Minder the entries in this section will be used to create your /etc/hosts file.
All protection levels also include enabling Google Safe Search.
There is an Allow List option. This is handy if you find that a particular Protection Level is blocking a domain that you need access to.
Host Minder automatically updates your selected Protection Level once a week.
All code is provided as-is without any warranty.