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<h1><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeremehancock/hostminder/main/hostminder.png" height="50" /> Host Minder</h1> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeremehancock/hostminder/main/hostminder-job.png" />

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.

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.

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Disclaimer

All code is provided as-is without any warranty.