scottlerch/HostsFileEditor

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1252 stars · 151 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Windows desktop application for editing and managing the hosts file as a sortable, filterable table with undo/redo, presets/archives, and tray integration. It includes a headless command line for scripting and elevates via a single UAC prompt only when saving changes.

Use cases

• edit windows hosts file without notepad
• block websites by mapping domains to localhost
• point a domain at a local dev server
• switch hosts file presets between environments
• temporarily disable the hosts file
• script hosts file changes from the command line
• merge another hosts file skipping duplicates

When to choose

• you're on Windows and edit the hosts file regularly
• you need presets/archives for switching between dev environments
• you want a GUI with filtering, sorting, and undo/redo for host entries
• you need to script hosts file changes

When to avoid

• you're on Linux or macOS
• you only need a one-off hosts edit and are comfortable with a text editor
• you need DNS-level or network-wide blocking rather than per-machine hosts entries

Facets

application · maturity active

developer-tools gui cli configuration-management networking developer-tools networking windows windows cli hosts-file system-utility tray-app presets uac-elevation csharp dotnet command-line desktop

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