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Hosts file manager for macOS

14 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 3 stories, 11 comments · first 2014-05-16 · latest 2025-03-10

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  1. https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask did this for Macs but I've found that I just don't need it. A static file is fine. I often have old entries in it that I don't use anymore but they don't harm anything being there so they stick around…
  2. https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask
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    Gas Mask – Hosts File Manager for macOS
    story by agiacalone · 2019-10-18 · 0 comments
  4. Couldn't one just use a hosts file, eg with Gas Mask? https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask (And btw, uBlock origin can do more than block certain IPs)
    comment by FabHK · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20
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    Gasmask: host file manager for OS X
    story by kureikain · 2019-02-11 · 0 comments
  6. …to a remote hosts file (such as the one linked above), and activate the combined hosts file. https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask/releases
    comment by FabHK · 2018-03-21 · in Blocklist Facebook domains
  7. Ah thanks, I'd missed those, github forcing TLS on raw files is the problem in the first place: https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask/issues/90#issuecomment-2...
  8. …with some very nice hosts files[2]. It certainly kills of most of the pop-ups I run into. [1]: https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask [2]: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
  9. …High Sierra). It lets me easily merge custom domains I want to block, and lists hosted online. https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask http://geekussion.com/mac-os-x/gas-mask-mac-80/
    comment by FabHK · 2017-11-12 · in How to Edit the Hosts File on Mac
  10. …the table at https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts which I have been able to use successfully. [0]: https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask/issues/90
  11. Not automatically but you can use something such as Gasmask ( https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask ) to easily manage your host.
  12. …revert too in case I don't want any hosts overhead and a clean default file. It's extremely useful. https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask
    comment by camillomiller · 2016-02-12 · in Adblock via /etc/hosts
  13. …the hosts file into several different files, then use gas mask[1] to toggle them individually. [1]: https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask
    comment by whorleater · 2016-02-12 · in Adblock via /etc/hosts
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    Gas Mask – Easily manage multiple /etc/hosts configs on OS X
    story by tmslnz · 2014-05-16 · 0 comments