# lightswitch05/hosts

Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly

Repository: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lightswitch05-hosts
Homepage: https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: hostsfile, privacy, blocklist, ad-blocker, pihole-blocklists, ublock-list, privacy-protection, pihole, ads, hostfile
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-11-17T01:05:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3037, "days_push": 1021, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1527, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.506137+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of regularly updated hosts files for blocking ads, trackers, Facebook services, AMP pages, and other unwanted domains. The lists are programmatically expanded and designed for use with Pi-hole, uBlock Origin, and similar DNS/ad blockers.

## Use cases
- block ads and trackers at the DNS level with a hosts file
- add blocklists to Pi-hole
- block Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp domains
- block Google AMP pages
- find a curated ad and tracking blocklist for uBlock Origin
- block dating services network-wide

## When to choose
- you want a maintained, programmatically expanded hosts blocklist for Pi-hole or similar DNS blockers
- you need category-specific lists like Facebook or AMP blocking
- you prefer Apache-2.0 licensed blocklists

## When to avoid
- you need a browser extension or application rather than raw hosts files
- you want a general-purpose firewall or proxy solution
- you need lists updated more recently than late 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, privacy, web-scraping
- domain: privacy, security, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform, cli
- tags: hosts-file, blocklist, ad-blocking, pihole, tracking-protection, dns-blocking

## Member repositories
- lightswitch05/hosts (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.506137+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:31:34.013246+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.506137+00:00, sha 7f40597210d7)
  - homepage: https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:26.055864+00:00, sha b05f439e4c65)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.