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#Amalgamated hosts file
#Unified hosts file
This repository consolidates several reputable `hosts` files, and merges them into a single amalgamated hosts file
This repository consolidates several reputable `hosts` files, and merges them into a single unified hosts file
with duplicates removed.
**Expectation**: This amalgamated hosts file should serve all devices, regardless of OS.
**Expectation**: This unified hosts file should serve all devices, regardless of OS.
* Last updated: **February 27 2016**.
* Last updated: **February 28 2016**.
* Contains: **27,149 unique entries**.
You can [download the resultant amalgamated hosts file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts)
You can [download the resultant unified hosts file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts)
or clone this repo and generate your own using the Python script provided.
## Sources of host data amalgamated here
## Sources of host data unified here
Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are amalgamated:
Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are unified:
* The [Adaway hosts file](http://adaway.org/hosts.txt), updated regularly.
* MVPs.org Hosts file at [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm](http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm), updated
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In addition, the hosts amalgamater is extensible. You manage extensions by curating the `extensions/` folder tree.
See the `porn` extension which is included, for example.
## Generate your own amalgamated hosts file
## Generate your own unified hosts file
The `updateHostsFile.py` script, which is python 2.7 and Python 3-compatible, will generate an amalgamated hosts file
The `updateHostsFile.py` script, which is python 2.7 and Python 3-compatible, will generate a unified hosts file
based on the sources in the local `data/` subfolder. The script will prompt you Whether it should fetch updated
versions (from locations defined by the update.info text file in each source's folder), otherwise it will use the
`hosts` file that's already there.
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`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
## How do I control which sources are amalgamated?
## How do I control which sources are unified?
Add one or more *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in `update.info` file.
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## How do I incorporate my own hosts?
If you have custom host records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of this file are prepended to the
amalgamated hosts file during the update process.
unified hosts file during the update process.
## What is a hosts file?
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**Others**: Consult [this wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
## Goals of this amalgamated hosts file
## Goals of this unified hosts file
The goals of this repo are to:
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here because it is very large (300,000+ entries) and doesn't currently display a corresponding high level of curation
activity.
It is expected that this amalgamated hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile devices under a variety of operating
It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile devices under a variety of operating
systems.

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#Amalgamated hosts file
#Unified hosts file
This repository consolidates several reputable `hosts` files, and merges them into a single amalgamated hosts file
This repository consolidates several reputable `hosts` files, and merges them into a single unified hosts file
with duplicates removed.
**Expectation**: This amalgamated hosts file should serve all devices, regardless of OS.
**Expectation**: This unified hosts file should serve all devices, regardless of OS.
* Last updated: **@GEN_DATE@**.
* Contains: **@NUM_ENTRIES@ unique entries**.
You can [download the resultant amalgamated hosts file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts)
You can [download the resultant unified hosts file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts)
or clone this repo and generate your own using the Python script provided.
## Sources of host data amalgamated here
## Sources of host data unified here
Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are amalgamated:
Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are unified:
* The [Adaway hosts file](http://adaway.org/hosts.txt), updated regularly.
* MVPs.org Hosts file at [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm](http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm), updated
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In addition, the hosts amalgamater is extensible. You manage extensions by curating the `extensions/` folder tree.
See the `porn` extension which is included, for example.
## Generate your own amalgamated hosts file
## Generate your own unified hosts file
The `updateHostsFile.py` script, which is python 2.7 and Python 3-compatible, will generate an amalgamated hosts file
The `updateHostsFile.py` script, which is python 2.7 and Python 3-compatible, will generate a unified hosts file
based on the sources in the local `data/` subfolder. The script will prompt you Whether it should fetch updated
versions (from locations defined by the update.info text file in each source's folder), otherwise it will use the
`hosts` file that's already there.
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`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
## How do I control which sources are amalgamated?
## How do I control which sources are unified?
Add one or more *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in `update.info` file.
@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Add one or more *optional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `extensions/` fol
## How do I incorporate my own hosts?
If you have custom host records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of this file are prepended to the
amalgamated hosts file during the update process.
unified hosts file during the update process.
## What is a hosts file?
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**Others**: Consult [this wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
## Goals of this amalgamated hosts file
## Goals of this unified hosts file
The goals of this repo are to:
@ -170,5 +170,5 @@ For example, the (huge) hosts file from [hosts-file.net](http://hosts-file.net)
here because it is very large (300,000+ entries) and doesn't currently display a corresponding high level of curation
activity.
It is expected that this amalgamated hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile devices under a variety of operating
It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile devices under a variety of operating
systems.