StevenBlack/hosts
★ 31,268 stars
Covered in week 2026-W28 · the 2026-07 report
🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
What hosts is
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.
From the repository README · read it on GitHub →
Transcript
AdGuard costs $30/year. This does it free. Imagine blocking 200,000 ad, malware, and tracker domains instantly, across every device you own. No app to install. No subscription draining your card. No VPN slowing you down. One file shields your whole network at the source. That's StevenBlack hosts. 270,000 GitHub stars. A single text file that erases ads before they ever load. Which would you pay for, AdGuard or this? Comment below.