Release 3.14.37

Fix return type in prompt_for_update

.github/stale.yml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Number of days of inactivity before an issue becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 120
-# Number of days of inactivity before a stale issue is closed
-daysUntilClose: 14
-# Issues with these labels will never be considered stale
-exemptLabels:
-  - bug
-  - discussion
-  - monitor (ongoing)
-  - enhancement
-# Label to use when marking an issue as stale
-staleLabel: wontfix
-# Comment to post when marking an issue as stale. Set to `false` to disable
-markComment: >
-  This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
-  recent activity. It will be closed in 14 days if no further activity occurs.
-  Thank you for your contributions.
-# Comment to post when closing a stale issue. Set to `false` to disable
-closeComment: >
-  Closing.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,19 +20,26 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python:
-          - '3.7'
           - '3.8'
           - '3.9'
           - '3.10'
           - '3.11'
+          - '3.12'
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-          - macos-latest
-          - windows-latest
+        include:
+          - os: macos-latest
+            python: '3.8'
+          - os: macos-latest
+            python: '3.12'
+          - os: windows-latest
+            python: '3.8'
+          - os: windows-latest
+            python: '3.12'
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/container.yml

@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels)
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
 
       - name: Build and push container image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           context: .
           push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}

.github/workflows/depsreview.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 

.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ hosts-*
 /__pycache__
 /node_modules/
 /package-lock.json
+/yarn.lock

alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,674 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+  containing 10,040 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling, porn
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling, porn](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+  containing 66,055 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling, porn, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling, porn, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 68,893 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, gambling, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-  containing 241,960 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+  containing 209,855 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -195,6 +210,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -258,6 +277,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -491,6 +513,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -649,6 +673,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, gambling, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-  containing 239,137 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+  containing 207,034 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -193,6 +208,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -256,6 +275,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -489,6 +511,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -647,6 +671,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,676 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, gambling, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 12,881 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, gambling, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-  containing 193,875 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+  containing 154,483 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -189,6 +204,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -252,6 +271,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -485,6 +507,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -643,6 +667,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, gambling extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-  containing 191,051 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+  containing 151,659 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -187,6 +202,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -250,6 +269,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -483,6 +505,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -641,6 +665,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,672 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+  containing 2,194 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, porn
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, porn](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+  containing 58,209 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, porn, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, porn, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 61,047 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-  containing 234,459 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+  containing 202,021 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -193,6 +208,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -256,6 +275,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -489,6 +511,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -647,6 +671,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-  containing 231,636 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+  containing 199,200 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -191,6 +206,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -254,6 +273,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -487,6 +509,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -645,6 +669,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,674 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: fakenews, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: fakenews, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 5,035 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Fake News |[link](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marktron/fakenews/master/fakenews) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/marktron/fakenews/issues)| An in-progress collection of fake news outlets.
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-  containing 186,374 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+  containing 146,649 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -187,6 +202,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -250,6 +269,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -483,6 +505,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -641,6 +665,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/fakenews/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with fakenews extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-  containing 183,550 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+  containing 143,825 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -185,6 +200,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -248,6 +267,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -481,6 +503,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -639,6 +663,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/gambling-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,673 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: gambling
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: gambling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+  containing 7,846 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: gambling, porn
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: gambling, porn](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+  containing 63,861 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
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+
+# Limited to the extensions: gambling, porn, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: gambling, porn, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 66,699 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with gambling, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-  containing 239,766 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+  containing 207,661 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -194,6 +209,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -257,6 +276,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -490,6 +512,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -648,6 +672,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with gambling, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-  containing 236,943 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+  containing 204,840 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -192,6 +207,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -255,6 +274,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -488,6 +510,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -646,6 +670,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,675 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: gambling, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: gambling, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 10,687 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+BigDargon's gambling domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/gambling/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+Sinfonietta's gambling blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/gambling-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/gambling-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with gambling, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-  containing 191,681 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+  containing 152,289 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -188,6 +203,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -251,6 +270,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -484,6 +506,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -642,6 +666,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/gambling/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with gambling extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-  containing 188,857 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+  containing 149,465 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -186,6 +201,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -249,6 +268,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -482,6 +504,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -640,6 +664,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/porn-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,677 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: porn
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: porn](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+  containing 56,015 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

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+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: porn, social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: porn, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+  containing 58,853 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+BigDargon's adult domain blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/extensions/adult/hosts-VN) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/issues)| Extension from the project hostsVN
+brijrajparmar27 - pornography |[link](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/master/Porn/hosts) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/brijrajparmar27/host-sources/issues)| hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+pornhosts -- a consolidated anti porn hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/extensions/porn/clefspeare13/hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Clefspeare13/pornhosts/issues)| This is an endeavour to find all porn domains and compile them into a single hosts to allow for easy blocking of porn on your local machine or on a network.
+Sinfonietta's porn blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/pornography-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Sinfonietta's snuff-site blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/snuff-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - pornography |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/porn) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/porn-social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-  containing 232,265 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+  containing 199,827 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -192,6 +207,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -255,6 +274,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -488,6 +510,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -646,6 +670,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/porn/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts)
-  containing 229,442 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts)
+  containing 197,006 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -190,6 +205,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -253,6 +272,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -486,6 +508,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -644,6 +668,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

alternates/social-only/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,673 @@
+**Take Note!**
+
+With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+`hosts/data/StevenBlack/hosts`, all other issues regarding the content of the
+produced hosts files should be made with the appropriate data source that
+contributed the content in question. The contact information for all of the data
+sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
+
+---
+
+![Logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/.github/logo.png)
+
+[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/license.txt)
+[![repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts)
+[![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/graphs/contributors)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/StevenBlack/hosts/ci.yml?branch=master)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/python/black)
+[![commits since last release](https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/StevenBlack/hosts/latest.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+[![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
+
+# Limited to the extensions: social
+
+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.
+
+**Therefore this repository is a hosts file aggregator.**
+
+![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
+
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
+- Here's the
+  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+  containing 2,841 entries.
+
+
+
+## List of all hosts file variants
+
+This repository offers
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
+
+The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
+[Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
+with GitHub download links.
+
+| Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
+| ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+
+
+**Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
+of OS.
+
+## Sources of hosts data unified in this variant
+
+Updated `hosts` files from the following locations are always unified and
+included:
+
+| Host file source | Home page | Raw hosts | License | Issues | Description |
+| ---------------- | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :----: | ----------- |
+Sinfonietta's social media blocking hosts file |[link](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/master/social-hosts) | MIT | [issues](https://github.com/Sinfonietta/hostfiles/issues)| A collection of category-specific host files.
+Tiuxo hostlist - social |[link](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts) | [raw](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiuxo/hosts/master/social) | CC BY 4.0 | [issues](https://github.com/tiuxo/hosts/issues)| Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking
+
+
+## Extensions
+
+The unified hosts file is optionally extensible. Extensions are used to include
+domains by category. Currently, we offer the following categories: `fakenews`,
+`social`, `gambling`, and `porn`.
+
+Extensions are optional, and can be combined in various ways with the base hosts
+file. The combined products are stored in the
+[`alternates`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates)
+folder.
+
+Data for extensions are stored in the
+[`extensions`](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/extensions)
+folder. You manage extensions by curating this folder tree, where you will find
+the data for `fakenews`, `social`, `gambling`, and `porn` extension data that we
+maintain and provide for you.
+
+## Generate your own unified hosts file
+
+You have three options to generate your own hosts file. You can use our
+container image, build your own image, or do it in your own environment. Option
+#1 is easiest if you have Linux with Docker installed.
+
+### Option 1: Use our container image (Linux only)
+
+> This will replace your `/etc/hosts`.
+
+We assume you have Docker available on your host. Just run the following
+command. Set extensions to your preference.
+
+```sh
+docker run --pull always --rm -it -v /etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
+ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest updateHostsFile.py --auto \
+--replace --extensions gambling porn
+```
+
+If you want to add custom hosts or a whitelist, create either or both files as
+per [the instructions](#how-do-i-control-which-sources-are-unified) and add the
+following arguments _before_ `ghcr.io/stevenblack/hosts:latest` depending on
+which you wish to use.
+
+```sh
+-v "path/to/myhosts:/hosts/myhosts" \
+-v "path/to/whitelist:/hosts/whitelist" \
+```
+
+You can rerun this exact command later to update based on the latest available
+hosts (for example, add it to a weekly cron job).
+
+### Option 2: Generate your own container image
+
+We provide the
+[Dockerfile](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/Dockerfile) used
+by the previous step, which you can use to create a container image with
+everything you need. The container will contain Python 3 and all its dependency
+requirements, and a copy of the latest version of this repository.
+
+Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
+Then run your command as such:
+
+```sh
+docker run --rm -it stevenblack-hosts updateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+> This will create the hosts file, and remove it with the container when done,
+> so not very useful. You can use the example in option #1 to add volumes so
+> files on your host are replaced.
+
+### Option 3: Generate it in your own environment
+
+To generate your own amalgamated hosts files you will need Python 3.6 or later.
+
+First, install the dependencies with:
+
+```sh
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+**Note** we recommend the `--user` flag which installs the required dependencies
+at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
+[documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
+
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
+### Common steps regardless of your development environment
+
+To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
+
+```sh
+python3 testUpdateHostsFile.py
+```
+
+The `updateHostsFile.py` script 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.json` text
+file in each source's folder). Otherwise, it will use the `hosts` file that's
+already there.
+
+```sh
+python3 updateHostsFile.py [--auto] [--replace] [--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [--extensions ext1 ext2 ext3]
+```
+
+#### Command line options
+
+`--help`, or `-h`: display help.
+
+`--auto`, or `-a`: run the script without prompting. When `--auto` is invoked,
+
+- Hosts data sources, including extensions, are updated.
+- No extensions are included by default. Use the `--extensions` or `-e` flag to
+  include any you want.
+- Your active hosts file is _not_ replaced unless you include the `--replace`
+  flag.
+
+`--backup`, or `-b`: Make a backup of existing hosts file(s) as you generate
+over them.
+
+`--extensions <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`, or `-e <ext1> <ext2> <ext3>`: the names of
+subfolders below the `extensions` folder containing additional category-specific
+hosts files to include in the amalgamation. Example: `--extensions porn` or
+`-e social porn`.
+
+`--flush-dns-cache`, or `-f`: skip the prompt for flushing the DNS cache. Only
+active when `--replace` is also active.
+
+`--ip nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`, or `-i nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn`: the IP address to use as the
+target. Default is `0.0.0.0`.
+
+`--keepdomaincomments`, or `-k`: `true` (default) or `false`, keep the comments
+that appear on the same line as domains. The default is `true`.
+
+`--noupdate`, or `-n`: skip fetching updates from hosts data sources.
+
+`--output <subfolder>`, or `-o <subfolder>`: place the generated source file in
+a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created.
+
+`--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
+
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard
+section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is useful
+for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
+
+`--nogendata`, or `-g`: `false` (default) or `true`, skip the generation of the
+readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
+are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
+keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
+
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
+`--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
+ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
+domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
+the performances under Windows (with DNS Client service enabled).
+
+`--minimise`, or `-m`: `false` (default) or `true`, like `--compress`, but puts
+each domain on a separate line. This is necessary because many implementations
+of URL blockers that rely on `hosts` files do not conform to the standard which
+allows multiple hosts on a single line.
+
+`--blacklist <blacklistfile>`, or `-x <blacklistfile>`: Append the given
+blacklist file in hosts format to the generated hosts file.
+
+`--whitelist <whitelistfile>`, or `-w <whitelistfile>`: Use the given whitelist
+file to remove hosts from the generated hosts file.
+
+## How do I control which sources are unified?
+
+Add one or more _additional_ sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder,
+and specify the `url` key in its `update.json` file.
+
+Add one or more _optional_ extensions, which originate from subfolders of the
+`extensions/` folder. Again the url in `update.json` controls where this
+extension finds its updates.
+
+Create an _optional_ `blacklist` file. The contents of this file (containing a
+listing of additional domains in `hosts` file format) are appended to the
+unified hosts file during the update process. A sample `blacklist` is included,
+and may be modified as you need.
+
+- NOTE: The `blacklist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+  overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I include my own custom domain mappings?
+
+If you have custom hosts records, place them in file `myhosts`. The contents of
+this file are prepended to the unified hosts file during the update process.
+
+The `myhosts` file is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+### How do I prevent domains from being included?
+
+The domains you list in the `whitelist` file are excluded from the final hosts
+file.
+
+The `whitelist` uses partial matching. Therefore if you whitelist
+`google-analytics.com`, that domain and all its subdomains won't be merged into
+the final hosts file.
+
+The `whitelist` is not tracked by git, so any changes you make won't be
+overridden when you `git pull` this repo from `origin` in the future.
+
+## How can I contribute hosts records?
+
+If you discover sketchy domains you feel should be included here, here are some
+ways to contribute them.
+
+### Option 1: contact one of our hosts sources
+
+The best way to get new domains included is to submit an issue to any of the
+data providers whose home pages are
+[listed here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant).
+This is best because once you submit new domains, they will be curated and
+updated by the dedicated folks who maintain these sources.
+
+### Option 2: Fork this repository, add your domains to Steven Black's personal data file, and submit a pull request
+
+Fork this hosts this repo and add your links to
+[https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts).
+
+Then, submit a pull request.
+
+**WARNING**: this is less desirable than Option 1 because the ongoing curation
+falls on us. So this creates more work for us.
+
+### Option 3: create your own hosts list as a repo on GitHub
+
+If you're able to curate your own collection of sketchy domains, then curate
+your own hosts list. Then signal the existence of your repo as
+[a new issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) and we may include
+your new repo into the collection of sources we pull whenever we create new
+versions.
+
+## What is a hosts file?
+
+A hosts file, named `hosts` (with no file extension), is a plain-text file used
+by all operating systems to map hostnames to IP addresses.
+
+In most operating systems, the `hosts` file is preferential to `DNS`. Therefore
+if a domain name is resolved by the `hosts` file, the request never leaves your
+computer.
+
+Having a smart `hosts` file goes a long way towards blocking malware, adware,
+and other irritants.
+
+For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these
+lines to your hosts file will do it:
+
+```text
+# block doubleClick's servers
+0.0.0.0 ad.ae.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.ar.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.at.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.au.doubleclick.net
+0.0.0.0 ad.be.doubleclick.net
+# etc...
+```
+
+## We recommend using `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`
+
+Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the _loopback address_, to
+establish an IP connection to the local machine.
+
+We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used
+to designate an invalid, unknown, or non-applicable target.
+
+Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a
+timeout resolution. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be
+running on the local PC.
+
+## Why not use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
+
+We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
+
+## Location of your hosts file
+
+To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and
+modify it with a text editor.
+
+- **macOS (until 10.14.x macOS Mojave), iOS, Android, Linux**: `/etc/hosts`
+  file.
+- **macOS Catalina:** `/private/etc/hosts` file.
+- **Windows**: `%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts` file.
+
+## Gentoo
+
+Gentoo users may find
+[`sb-hosts`](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/net-misc/sb-hosts)
+in [::pf4public](https://github.com/PF4Public/gentoo-overlay) Gentoo overlay
+
+## NixOS
+
+To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your
+`configuration.nix`:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.extraHosts = let
+    hostsPath = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts;
+    hostsFile = builtins.fetchurl hostsPath;
+  in builtins.readFile "${hostsFile}";
+}
+```
+
+- NOTE: Change `hostsPath` if you need other versions of hosts file.
+- NOTE: The call to `fetchurl` is impure. Use `fetchFromGitHub` with the exact
+  commit if you want to always get the same result.
+
+### Nix Flake
+
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
+like this:
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs.hosts.url = github:StevenBlack/hosts;
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, hosts }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
+      system = "<architecture>";
+      modules = [
+        hosts.nixosModule {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
+
+```nix
+{
+  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+    blockFakenews = true;
+    blockGambling = true;
+    blockPorn = true;
+    blockSocial = true;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Updating hosts file on Windows
+
+(NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)
+
+On Linux and macOS, run the Python script. On Windows more work is required due
+to compatibility issues so it's preferable to run the batch file as follows:
+
+```sh
+updateHostsWindows.bat
+```
+
+This file **MUST** be run in command prompt with administrator privileges in the
+repository directory. In addition to updating the hosts file, it can also
+replace the existing hosts file, and reload the DNS cache. It goes without
+saying that for this to work, you must be connected to the internet.
+
+To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
+following:
+
+- **Windows XP**: Start → Run → `cmd`
+- **Windows Vista, 7**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt →
+  "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 8**: Start → Swipe Up → All Apps → Windows System → right-click
+  Command Prompt → "Run as Administrator"
+- **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
+  as Administrator"
+
+You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
+recommended solutions from third parties.
+
+### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service
+
+Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within
+Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry
+hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` file to make proper changes to
+the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. See
+the
+[the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
+for more details.
+
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
+## Reloading hosts file
+
+Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
+following commands to manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is
+in place.
+
+The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on
+`chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts
+file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
+
+### Windows
+
+Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command:
+
+```bat
+ipconfig /flushdns
+```
+
+### Linux
+
+Open a Terminal and run with root privileges:
+
+- **Debian/Ubuntu** `sudo service network-manager restart`
+- **Linux Mint** `sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start`
+- **Linux with systemd**: `sudo systemctl restart network.service`
+- **Fedora Linux**: `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Network Manager**:
+  `sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`
+- **Arch Linux/Manjaro with Wicd**: `sudo systemctl restart wicd.service`
+- **RHEL/Centos**: `sudo /etc/init.d/network restart`
+- **FreeBSD**: `sudo service nscd restart`
+
+  To enable the `nscd` daemon initially, it is recommended that you run the
+  following commands:
+
+  ```sh
+  sudo sysrc nscd_enable="YES"
+  sudo service nscd start
+  ```
+
+  Then modify the `hosts` line in your `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file to the
+  following:
+
+  ```text
+  hosts: cache files dns
+  ```
+
+- **NixOS**: The `nscd.service` is automatically restarted when the option
+  `networking.extraHosts` was changed.
+- **Others**: Consult
+  [this Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29#Location_in_the_file_system).
+
+### macOS
+
+As described in [this article](https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/21/how-clear-dns-cache-macos-ventura-monterey/),
+open a Terminal and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
+```
+
+## Release management
+
+This repository uses [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it), an
+excellent CLI release tool for GitHub repos and npm packages, to automate
+creating [releases](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/releases). This is why
+the
+[package.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/package.json)
+and
+[.release-it.json](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/.release-it.json)
+files are bundled.
+
+## Goals of this unified hosts file
+
+The goals of this repo are to:
+
+1. automatically combine high-quality lists of hosts,
+2. provide situation-appropriate extensions,
+3. de-dupe the resultant combined list,
+4. and keep the resultant file reasonably sized.
+
+A high-quality source is defined here as one that is actively curated. A hosts
+source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and
+removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is
+expected.
+
+It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile
+devices under a variety of operating systems.
+
+## Third-Party Hosts Managers
+
+- [Unified Hosts AutoUpdate](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Unified-Hosts-AutoUpdate "Unified Hosts AutoUpdate")
+  (for Windows): The Unified Hosts AutoUpdate package is purpose-built for this
+  unified hosts project as well as in active development by community members.
+  You can install and uninstall any blacklist and keep it automatically up to
+  date, and can be placed in a shared network location and deployed across an
+  organization via group policies. And since it is in active development by
+  community members, your bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback are
+  most welcome.
+- [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
+  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+
+## Interesting Applications
+
+- [Hosts-BL](https://github.com/ScriptTiger/Hosts-BL "Hosts-BL") is a simple
+  tool to handle hosts file black lists. It can remove comments, remove
+  duplicates, compress to 9 domains per line, add IPv6 entries. In addition, it
+  can also convert black lists to multiple other black list formats compatible
+  with other software, such as dnsmasq, DualServer, RPZ, Privoxy, and Unbound,
+  to name a few.
+- [Host Minder](https://github.com/jeremehancock/hostminder#readme) is a simple
+  GUI that allows you to easily update your /etc/hosts file to one of four
+  consolidated hosts files from StevenBlack/hosts. It is provided as a deb
+  package and comes pre-installed on [UbuntuCE](https://ubuntuce.com/).
+- [Maza ad blocking](https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking) is a bash
+  script that automatically updates host file. You can also update a fresh copy.
+  And each time it generates a dnsmasq-compatible configuration file. Fast
+  installation, compatible with MacOS, Linux and BSD.
+- [Hostile](https://github.com/feross/hostile) is a nifty command line utility
+  to easily add or remove domains from your hosts file. If our hosts files are
+  too aggressive for you, you can use `hostile` to remove domains, or you can
+  use `hostile` in a bash script to automate a post process each time you
+  download fresh versions of hosts.
+- [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config)
+  helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a
+  [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh)
+  to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In
+  combination with a
+  [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist)
+  it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both,
+  download the GitHub repo and run the
+  [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh)
+  from the directory one level up.
+- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker
+  that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi).
+  Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources.
+- [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server")
+  (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a
+  `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.
+- [Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server](https://scripttiger.github.io/dualserver/ "Block ads, malware, and deploy parental controls via local DualServer DNS/DHCP server")
+  (for BSD, Windows & Linux): Set up a blacklist for everyone on your network
+  using the power of the unified hosts reformatted for DualServer. And if you're
+  on Windows, this project also maintains an update script to make updating
+  DualServer's blacklist even easier.
+- [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound")
+  –
+  [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.")
+  is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
+- [dnsmasq conversion script](https://gist.github.com/erlepereira/c11f4f7a3f60cd2071e79018e895fc8a#file-dnsmasq-antimalware)
+  This GitHub gist has a short shell script (bash, will work on any 'nix) and
+  uses `wget` & `awk` present in most distros, to fetch a specified hosts file
+  and convert it to the format required by dnsmasq. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
+  Designed to be used as either a shell script, or can be dropped into
+  `/etc/cron.weekly` (or wherever suits). The script is short and easily edited,
+  also has a short document attached with notes on dnsmasq setup.
+- [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
+  This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
+  files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
+- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
+  provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
+  formats.
+- [Control D](https://controld.com/free-dns)
+  offers a public anycast network hosted mirror of the Unified (Adware + Malware) blocklist:
+  - Legacy DNS: `76.76.2.35`, `76.76.10.35`, `2606:1a40::35`, `2606:1a40:1::35`
+  - DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS/DOQ: `https://freedns.controld.com/x-stevenblack`, `x-stevenblack.freedns.controld.com`
+
+## Contribute
+
+Please read our
+[Contributing Guide](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/contributing.md).
+Among other things, this explains how we organize files and folders in this
+repository.
+
+We are always interested in discovering well-curated sources of hosts. If you
+find one, please open an [issue](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues) to
+draw our attention.
+
+Before you create or respond to any issue, please read our
+[code of conduct](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
+
+Logo by [@Tobaloidee](https://github.com/Tobaloidee) Thank you!.

alternates/social/readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts)
-  containing 184,180 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts)
+  containing 144,455 entries.
 
 
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -186,6 +201,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -249,6 +268,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -482,6 +504,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -640,6 +664,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

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 0.0.0.0 a.faymobi.com
 0.0.0.0 fdn-en.net
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-# Version: 2305142314
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 127.0.0.1 external.cdninstagram.com
-127.0.0.1 fundingchoicesmessages.google.com 
+127.0.0.1 fundingchoicesmessages.google.com
 127.0.0.1 help.instagram.com
 127.0.0.1 i.instagram.com
 127.0.0.1 images.instagram.com
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@
 127.0.0.1 scontent-frt.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 scontent-frt3-1.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com
-127.0.0.1 scontent-frx.cdninstagram.com	
+127.0.0.1 scontent-frx.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 scontent-gig2-1.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 scontent-gmp1-1.cdninstagram.com
@@ -2111,8 +2111,7 @@
 127.0.0.1 z-p42-scontent-waw1-1.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 z-p42-scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com
 127.0.0.1 z-p42-scontent.cdninstagram.com
-127.0.0.1 z-p42-static.cdninstagram.com	
-
+127.0.0.1 z-p42-static.cdninstagram.com
 # Whatsapp
 127.0.0.1 account.whatsapp.com
 127.0.0.1 alpha.whatsapp.com
@@ -2795,7 +2794,7 @@
 127.0.0.1 www.redditmedia.com
 127.0.0.1 www.redditstatic.com
 
-127.0.0.1 pinpages.alwaysdata.net 
+127.0.0.1 pinpages.alwaysdata.net
 127.0.0.1 allotalk.com
 
 # TikTok

flake.nix

@@ -1,45 +1,50 @@
 {
   description = "Unified hosts file with base extensions.";
-  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }: {
-    nixosModule = { config, ... }:
-      with nixpkgs.lib;
-      let
-        cfg = config.networking.stevenBlackHosts;
-        alternatesList = (if cfg.blockFakenews then [ "fakenews" ] else []) ++
-                         (if cfg.blockGambling then [ "gambling" ] else []) ++
-                         (if cfg.blockPorn then [ "porn" ] else []) ++
-                         (if cfg.blockSocial then [ "social" ] else []);
-        alternatesPath = "alternates/" + builtins.concatStringsSep "-" alternatesList + "/";
-      in
-      {
-        options.networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-          enable = mkEnableOption "Use Steven Black's hosts file as extra hosts.";
-          blockFakenews = mkEnableOption "Additionally block fakenews hosts.";
-          blockGambling = mkEnableOption "Additionally block gambling hosts.";
-          blockPorn = mkEnableOption "Additionally block porn hosts.";
-          blockSocial = mkEnableOption "Additionally block social hosts.";
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }@inputs:
+    let
+      forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs nixpkgs.lib.platforms.unix;
+
+      nixpkgsFor = forAllSystems (system: import nixpkgs {
+        inherit system;
+      });
+    in
+    {
+      nixosModule = { config, ... }:
+        with nixpkgs.lib;
+        let
+          cfg = config.networking.stevenBlackHosts;
+          alternatesList = (if cfg.blockFakenews then [ "fakenews" ] else []) ++
+                           (if cfg.blockGambling then [ "gambling" ] else []) ++
+                           (if cfg.blockPorn then [ "porn" ] else []) ++
+                           (if cfg.blockSocial then [ "social" ] else []);
+          alternatesPath = "alternates/" + builtins.concatStringsSep "-" alternatesList + "/";
+        in
+        {
+          options.networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = mkEnableOption "Use Steven Black's hosts file as extra hosts.";
+            blockFakenews = mkEnableOption "Additionally block fakenews hosts.";
+            blockGambling = mkEnableOption "Additionally block gambling hosts.";
+            blockPorn = mkEnableOption "Additionally block porn hosts.";
+            blockSocial = mkEnableOption "Additionally block social hosts.";
+          };
+          config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+            networking.extraHosts =
+              builtins.readFile (
+                "${self}/" + (if alternatesList != [] then alternatesPath else "") + "hosts"
+              );
+          };
         };
-        config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-          networking.extraHosts =
-            builtins.readFile (
-              "${self}/" + (if alternatesList != [] then alternatesPath else "") + "hosts"
-            );
-        };
-      };
-  } // flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem
-    (system:
-      let
-        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
-      in
-      {
-        devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
-          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-            python3
-            python3Packages.flake8
-            python3Packages.requests
-          ];
-        };
-      }
-    );
+
+      devShells = forAllSystems (system:
+        let pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}; in
+        {
+          default = pkgs.mkShell {
+            buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+              python3
+              python3Packages.flake8
+              python3Packages.requests
+            ];
+          };
+        });
+    };
 }

makeHosts.py

@@ -53,6 +53,30 @@ def update_readme_file():
         print_failure("Failed to update readme file")
 
 
+def recursively_loop_extensions(extension, extensions, current_extensions):
+    """
+    Helper function that recursively calls itself to prevent manually creating
+    all possible combinations of extensions.
+
+    Will call update_hosts_file for all combinations of extensions
+    """
+
+    c_extensions = extensions.copy()
+    c_current_extensions = current_extensions.copy()
+    c_current_extensions.append(extension)
+
+    name = "-".join(c_current_extensions)
+
+    params = ("-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/"+name, "-e") + tuple(c_current_extensions)
+    update_hosts_file(*params)
+
+    params = ("-a", "-n", "-s", "--nounifiedhosts", "-o", "alternates/"+name+"-only", "-e") + tuple(c_current_extensions)
+    update_hosts_file(*params)
+
+    while len(c_extensions) > 0:
+        recursively_loop_extensions(c_extensions.pop(0), c_extensions, c_current_extensions)
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Creates custom hosts "
@@ -61,84 +85,15 @@ def main():
     )
     parser.parse_args()
 
-    update_hosts_file("-a", "-o", "alternates/gambling", "-e", "gambling")
-    update_hosts_file("-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/porn", "-e", "porn")
-    update_hosts_file("-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/social", "-e", "social")
-    update_hosts_file("-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/fakenews", "-e", "fakenews")
+    # Update the unified hosts file
+    update_hosts_file("-a")
 
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/fakenews-gambling", "-e", "fakenews", "gambling"
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/fakenews-porn", "-e", "fakenews", "porn"
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/fakenews-social", "-e", "fakenews", "social"
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/gambling-porn", "-e", "gambling", "porn"
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/gambling-social", "-e", "gambling", "social"
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a", "-n", "-o", "alternates/porn-social", "-e", "porn", "social"
-    )
+    # List of extensions we want to generate, we will loop over them recursively to prevent manual definitions
+    # Only add new extensions to the end of the array, to avoid relocating existing hosts-files
+    extensions = ["fakenews", "gambling", "porn", "social"]
 
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a",
-        "-n",
-        "-o",
-        "alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn",
-        "-e",
-        "fakenews",
-        "gambling",
-        "porn",
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a",
-        "-n",
-        "-o",
-        "alternates/fakenews-gambling-social",
-        "-e",
-        "fakenews",
-        "gambling",
-        "social",
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a",
-        "-n",
-        "-o",
-        "alternates/fakenews-porn-social",
-        "-e",
-        "fakenews",
-        "porn",
-        "social",
-    )
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a",
-        "-n",
-        "-o",
-        "alternates/gambling-porn-social",
-        "-e",
-        "gambling",
-        "porn",
-        "social",
-    )
-
-    update_hosts_file(
-        "-a",
-        "-n",
-        "-o",
-        "alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social",
-        "-e",
-        "fakenews",
-        "gambling",
-        "porn",
-        "social",
-    )
-
-    update_hosts_file("-a", "-n")
+    while len(extensions) > 0:
+        recursively_loop_extensions(extensions.pop(0), extensions, [])
 
     # Update the readme files.
     update_readme_file()

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hosts",
-  "version": "3.12.32",
+  "version": "3.14.37",
   "description": "Extending and consolidating hosts files from several well-curated sources like adaway.org, mvps.org, malwaredomainlist.com, someonewhocares.org, and potentially others. You can optionally invoke extensions to block additional sites by category.",
   "main": "",
   "private": true,
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "release-it": "^15.10.1"
+    "release-it": "^16.1.5"
   }
 }

readme.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ files are provided.
 
 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)
 
-- Last updated: **May 14 2023**.
+- Last updated: **December 13 2023**.
 - Here's the
-  [raw hosts file with base extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts)
-  containing 181,356 entries.
+  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with base extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts)
+  containing 141,631 entries.
 
 ![Size history](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts_file_size_history.png)
 
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -49,22 +49,37 @@ with GitHub download links.
 
 | Host file recipe | Readme | Raw hosts | Unique domains | Non GitHub mirror |
 | ---------------- | :----: | :-------: | :------------: | :---------------: |
-Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 181,356 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 183,550 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 188,857 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 229,442 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 184,180 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 191,051 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 231,636 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 186,374 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 236,943 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 191,681 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 232,265 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 239,137 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 193,875 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 234,459 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 239,766 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 241,960 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 141,631 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts) | 143,825 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
+**fakenews** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts) | 2,194 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling/hosts) | 149,465 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling/hosts)
+**gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts) | 7,846 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn/hosts) | 197,006 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn/hosts)
+**porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-only/hosts) | 56,015 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social/hosts) | 144,455 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social/hosts)
+**social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/social-only/hosts) | 2,841 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts) | 151,659 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts) | 10,040 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts) | 199,200 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts) | 58,209 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts) | 146,649 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts) | 5,035 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts) | 204,840 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
+**gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 63,861 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts) | 152,289 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
+**gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts) | 10,687 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social/hosts) | 199,827 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social/hosts)
+**porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts) | 58,853 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts) | 207,034 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts) | 66,055 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts) | 154,483 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts) | 12,881 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts) | 202,021 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts) | 61,047 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 207,661 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 66,699 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts **+ fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts) | 209,855 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts)
+**fakenews + gambling + porn + social** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts) | 68,893 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
 
 
 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -184,6 +199,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -247,6 +266,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -480,6 +502,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -638,6 +662,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

readmeData.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
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readme_template.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sources can be found in the `hosts/data/` directory.
 [![last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
 [![commit activity](https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/StevenBlack/hosts.svg)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commits/master)
 
-# Unified hosts file @EXTENSIONS_HEADER@
+# @EXTENSIONS_HEADER@
 
 This repository consolidates several reputable `hosts` files, and merges them
 into a unified hosts file with duplicates removed. A variety of tailored hosts
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ files are provided.
 ## List of all hosts file variants
 
 This repository offers
-[15 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
-in addition to the base variant.
+[31 different host file variants](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/tree/master/alternates),
+in addition to the base variant, with and without the unified hosts included.
 
 The **Non GitHub mirror** is the link to use for some hosts file managers like
 [Hostsman for Windows](https://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/) that don't work
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 at the user level. More information about it can be found on pip
 [documentation](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/?highlight=--user#cmdoption-user).
 
+### Option 4: Generate it in Google Colab
+
+Spin up a free remote [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tYWXpU2iuPDqN_o03JW9ml3ExO80eBLq?usp=sharing) environment.
+
 ### Common steps regardless of your development environment
 
 To **run unit tests**, in the top-level directory, run:
@@ -213,6 +217,9 @@ readmeData.json file used for generating readme.md files. This is useful if you
 are generating host files with additional whitelists or blacklists and want to
 keep your local checkout of this repo unmodified.
 
+`--nounifiedhosts`: `false` (default) or `true`, do not include the unified hosts
+file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.
+
 `--compress`, or `-c`: `false` (default) or `true`, _Compress_ the hosts file
 ignoring non-necessary lines (empty lines and comments) and putting multiple
 domains in each line. Reducing the number of lines of the hosts file improves
@@ -446,6 +453,8 @@ the
 [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat)
 for more details.
 
+Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository.
+
 ## Reloading hosts file
 
 Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the
@@ -604,6 +613,8 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
 - [BlackHosts - Command Line Installer/Updater](https://github.com/Lateralus138/blackhosts)
   This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts
   files found at this repository.
+- [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts).
+- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**.
 - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists)
   provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common
   formats.

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 requests ~=2.20
-flake8 ~=4.0
+flake8 ~=6.0

stats.nb

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testUpdateHostsFile.py

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class TestGetDefaults(Base):
                 "keepdomaincomments": True,
                 "extensionspath": "foo" + self.sep + "extensions",
                 "extensions": [],
+                "nounifiedhosts": False,
                 "compress": False,
                 "minimise": False,
                 "outputsubfolder": "",
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ class TestUpdateSourcesData(Base):
             datapath=self.data_path,
             extensionspath=self.extensions_path,
             sourcedatafilename=self.source_data_filename,
+            nounifiedhosts=False,
         )
 
     def update_sources_data(self, sources_data, extensions):
@@ -838,8 +840,12 @@ class TestNormalizeRule(BaseStdout):
         # Note: "Bare"- Domains are accepted. IP are excluded.
         for rule in [
             "128.0.0.1",
-            "0.0.0 google",
-            "0.1.2.3.4 foo/bar",
+            "::1",
+            "0.0.0.0 128.0.0.2",
+            "0.1.2.3 foo/bar",
+            "0.3.4.5 example.org/hello/world",
+            "0.0.0.0 https",
+            "0.0.0.0 https..",
         ]:
             self.assertEqual(normalize_rule(rule, **kwargs), (None, None))
 
@@ -849,6 +855,25 @@ class TestNormalizeRule(BaseStdout):
             expected = "==>" + rule + "<=="
             self.assertIn(expected, output)
 
+    def test_mixed_cases(self):
+        for rule, expected_target in (
+            ("tWiTTer.cOM", "twitter.com"),
+            ("goOgLe.Com", "google.com"),
+            ("FoO.bAR.edu", "foo.bar.edu"),
+        ):
+            expected = (expected_target, "0.0.0.0 " + expected_target + "\n")
+
+            actual = normalize_rule(
+                rule, target_ip="0.0.0.0", keep_domain_comments=False
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+            # Nothing gets printed if there's a match.
+            output = sys.stdout.getvalue()
+            self.assertEqual(output, "")
+
+            sys.stdout = StringIO()
+
     def test_no_comments(self):
         for target_ip in ("0.0.0.0", "127.0.0.1", "8.8.8.8"):
             rule = "127.0.0.1 1.google.com foo"
@@ -888,21 +913,28 @@ class TestNormalizeRule(BaseStdout):
     def test_two_ips(self):
         for target_ip in ("0.0.0.0", "127.0.0.1", "8.8.8.8"):
             rule = "127.0.0.1 11.22.33.44 foo"
-            expected = ("11.22.33.44", str(target_ip) + " 11.22.33.44\n")
 
             actual = normalize_rule(
                 rule, target_ip=target_ip, keep_domain_comments=False
             )
-            self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+            self.assertEqual(actual, (None, None))
 
-            # Nothing gets printed if there's a match.
             output = sys.stdout.getvalue()
-            self.assertEqual(output, "")
+
+            expected = "==>" + rule + "<=="
+            self.assertIn(expected, output)
 
             sys.stdout = StringIO()
 
     def test_no_comment_raw(self):
-        for rule in ("twitter.com", "google.com", "foo.bar.edu"):
+        for rule in (
+            "twitter.com",
+            "google.com",
+            "foo.bar.edu",
+            "www.example-foo.bar.edu",
+            "www.example-3045.foobar.com",
+            "www.example.xn--p1ai"
+        ):
             expected = (rule, "0.0.0.0 " + rule + "\n")
 
             actual = normalize_rule(
@@ -990,7 +1022,7 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
 
     def test_missing_keyword(self):
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=False
+            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=False, nounifiedhosts=False
         )
 
         for k in kwargs.keys():
@@ -1003,7 +1035,7 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
 
     def test_basic(self):
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=True
+            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=True, nounifiedhosts=False
         )
         write_opening_header(self.final_file, **kwargs)
 
@@ -1032,7 +1064,7 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
 
     def test_basic_include_static_hosts(self):
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=False
+            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=False, nounifiedhosts=False
         )
         with self.mock_property("platform.system") as obj:
             obj.return_value = "Windows"
@@ -1059,7 +1091,7 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
 
     def test_basic_include_static_hosts_linux(self):
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=False
+            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=False, nounifiedhosts=False
         )
         with self.mock_property("platform.system") as system:
             system.return_value = "Linux"
@@ -1096,6 +1128,7 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
             outputsubfolder="",
             numberofrules=5,
             skipstatichosts=True,
+            nounifiedhosts=False,
         )
         write_opening_header(self.final_file, **kwargs)
 
@@ -1123,6 +1156,41 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
         ):
             self.assertNotIn(expected, contents)
 
+    def test_no_unified_hosts(self):
+        kwargs = dict(
+            extensions=["epsilon", "gamma"],
+            outputsubfolder="",
+            numberofrules=5,
+            skipstatichosts=True,
+            nounifiedhosts=True,
+        )
+        write_opening_header(self.final_file, **kwargs)
+
+        contents = self.final_file.getvalue()
+        contents = contents.decode("UTF-8")
+
+        # Expected contents.
+        for expected in (
+            ", ".join(kwargs["extensions"]),
+            "# The unified hosts file was not used while generating this file.",
+            "# Extensions used to generate this file:",
+            "# This hosts file is a merged collection",
+            "# with a dash of crowd sourcing via GitHub",
+            "# Number of unique domains: {count}".format(count=kwargs["numberofrules"]),
+            "Fetch the latest version of this file:",
+            "Project home page: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(expected, contents)
+
+        # Expected non-contents.
+        for expected in (
+            "127.0.0.1 localhost",
+            "127.0.0.1 local",
+            "127.0.0.53",
+            "127.0.1.1",
+        ):
+            self.assertNotIn(expected, contents)
+
     def _check_preamble(self, check_copy):
         hosts_file = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "myhosts")
         hosts_file += ".example" if check_copy else ""
@@ -1131,7 +1199,7 @@ class TestWriteOpeningHeader(BaseMockDir):
             f.write("peter-piper-picked-a-pepper")
 
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=True
+            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules=5, skipstatichosts=True, nounifiedhosts=False
         )
 
         with self.mock_property("updateHostsFile.BASEDIR_PATH"):
@@ -1180,7 +1248,7 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
 
     def test_missing_keyword(self):
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules="", sourcesdata=""
+            extensions="", outputsubfolder="", numberofrules="", sourcesdata="", nounifiedhosts=False
         )
 
         for k in kwargs.keys():
@@ -1196,7 +1264,7 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
             json.dump({"foo": "bar"}, f)
 
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions=None, outputsubfolder="foo", numberofrules=5, sourcesdata="hosts"
+            extensions=None, outputsubfolder="foo", numberofrules=5, sourcesdata="hosts", nounifiedhosts=False
         )
         update_readme_data(self.readme_file, **kwargs)
 
@@ -1206,7 +1274,7 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
             sep = self.sep
 
         expected = {
-            "base": {"location": "foo" + sep, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5},
+            "base": {"location": "foo" + sep, 'no_unified_hosts': False, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5},
             "foo": "bar",
         }
 
@@ -1219,7 +1287,7 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
             json.dump({"base": "soprano"}, f)
 
         kwargs = dict(
-            extensions=None, outputsubfolder="foo", numberofrules=5, sourcesdata="hosts"
+            extensions=None, outputsubfolder="foo", numberofrules=5, sourcesdata="hosts", nounifiedhosts=False
         )
         update_readme_data(self.readme_file, **kwargs)
 
@@ -1229,7 +1297,7 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
             sep = self.sep
 
         expected = {
-            "base": {"location": "foo" + sep, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5}
+            "base": {"location": "foo" + sep, 'no_unified_hosts': False, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5},
         }
 
         with open(self.readme_file, "r") as f:
@@ -1245,6 +1313,7 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
             outputsubfolder="foo",
             numberofrules=5,
             sourcesdata="hosts",
+            nounifiedhosts=False,
         )
         update_readme_data(self.readme_file, **kwargs)
 
@@ -1254,7 +1323,33 @@ class TestUpdateReadmeData(BaseMockDir):
             sep = self.sep
 
         expected = {
-            "com-org": {"location": "foo" + sep, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5}
+            "com-org": {"location": "foo" + sep, 'no_unified_hosts': False, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5}
+        }
+
+        with open(self.readme_file, "r") as f:
+            actual = json.load(f)
+            self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+    def test_set_no_unified_hosts(self):
+        with open(self.readme_file, "w") as f:
+            json.dump({}, f)
+
+        kwargs = dict(
+            extensions=["com", "org"],
+            outputsubfolder="foo",
+            numberofrules=5,
+            sourcesdata="hosts",
+            nounifiedhosts=True,
+        )
+        update_readme_data(self.readme_file, **kwargs)
+
+        if platform.system().lower() == "windows":
+            sep = "/"
+        else:
+            sep = self.sep
+
+        expected = {
+            "com-org-only": {"location": "foo" + sep, 'no_unified_hosts': True, "sourcesdata": "hosts", "entries": 5}
         }
 
         with open(self.readme_file, "r") as f:
@@ -1424,52 +1519,53 @@ class TestFlushDnsCache(BaseStdout):
 class TestRemoveOldHostsFile(BaseMockDir):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestRemoveOldHostsFile, self).setUp()
-        self.hosts_file = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "hosts")
+        self.hosts_file = "hosts"
+        self.full_hosts_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "hosts")
 
     def test_remove_hosts_file(self):
         old_dir_count = self.dir_count
 
-        remove_old_hosts_file(self.hosts_file, backup=False)
+        remove_old_hosts_file(self.test_dir, self.hosts_file, backup=False)
 
         new_dir_count = old_dir_count + 1
         self.assertEqual(self.dir_count, new_dir_count)
 
-        with open(self.hosts_file, "r") as f:
+        with open(self.full_hosts_path, "r") as f:
             contents = f.read()
             self.assertEqual(contents, "")
 
     def test_remove_hosts_file_exists(self):
-        with open(self.hosts_file, "w") as f:
+        with open(self.full_hosts_path, "w") as f:
             f.write("foo")
 
         old_dir_count = self.dir_count
 
-        remove_old_hosts_file(self.hosts_file, backup=False)
+        remove_old_hosts_file(self.test_dir, self.hosts_file, backup=False)
 
         new_dir_count = old_dir_count
         self.assertEqual(self.dir_count, new_dir_count)
 
-        with open(self.hosts_file, "r") as f:
+        with open(self.full_hosts_path, "r") as f:
             contents = f.read()
             self.assertEqual(contents, "")
 
     @mock.patch("time.strftime", return_value="new")
     def test_remove_hosts_file_backup(self, _):
-        with open(self.hosts_file, "w") as f:
+        with open(self.full_hosts_path, "w") as f:
             f.write("foo")
 
         old_dir_count = self.dir_count
 
-        remove_old_hosts_file(self.hosts_file, backup=True)
+        remove_old_hosts_file(self.test_dir, self.hosts_file, backup=True)
 
         new_dir_count = old_dir_count + 1
         self.assertEqual(self.dir_count, new_dir_count)
 
-        with open(self.hosts_file, "r") as f:
+        with open(self.full_hosts_path, "r") as f:
             contents = f.read()
             self.assertEqual(contents, "")
 
-        new_hosts_file = self.hosts_file + "-new"
+        new_hosts_file = self.full_hosts_path + "-new"
 
         with open(new_hosts_file, "r") as f:
             contents = f.read()

updateHostsFile.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import fnmatch
+import ipaddress
 import json
 import locale
 import os
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ def get_defaults():
         "keepdomaincomments": True,
         "extensionspath": path_join_robust(BASEDIR_PATH, "extensions"),
         "extensions": [],
+        "nounifiedhosts": False,
         "compress": False,
         "minimise": False,
         "outputsubfolder": "",
@@ -124,6 +126,13 @@ def main():
         nargs="*",
         help="Host extensions to include in the final hosts file.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--nounifiedhosts",
+        dest="nounifiedhosts",
+        default=False,
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Do not include the unified hosts file in the final hosts file. Usually used together with `--extensions`.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--ip",
         "-i",
@@ -248,6 +257,7 @@ def main():
     auto = settings["auto"]
     exclusion_regexes = settings["exclusionregexes"]
     source_data_filename = settings["sourcedatafilename"]
+    no_unified_hosts = settings["nounifiedhosts"]
 
     update_sources = prompt_for_update(freshen=settings["freshen"], update_auto=auto)
     if update_sources:
@@ -271,12 +281,13 @@ def main():
         extensions=extensions,
         extensionspath=extensions_path,
         sourcedatafilename=source_data_filename,
+        nounifiedhosts=no_unified_hosts,
     )
 
-    merge_file = create_initial_file()
-    remove_old_hosts_file(
-        path_join_robust(settings["outputpath"], "hosts"), settings["backup"]
+    merge_file = create_initial_file(
+        nounifiedhosts=no_unified_hosts,
     )
+    remove_old_hosts_file(settings["outputpath"], "hosts", settings["backup"])
     if settings["compress"]:
         final_file = open(path_join_robust(settings["outputpath"], "hosts"), "w+b")
         compressed_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
@@ -300,6 +311,7 @@ def main():
         numberofrules=number_of_rules,
         outputsubfolder=output_subfolder,
         skipstatichosts=skip_static_hosts,
+        nounifiedhosts=no_unified_hosts,
     )
     final_file.close()
 
@@ -310,6 +322,7 @@ def main():
             numberofrules=number_of_rules,
             outputsubfolder=output_subfolder,
             sourcesdata=sources_data,
+            nounifiedhosts=no_unified_hosts,
         )
 
     print_success(
@@ -372,7 +385,7 @@ def prompt_for_update(freshen, update_auto):
             )
 
     if not freshen:
-        return
+        return False
 
     prompt = "Do you want to update all data sources?"
 
@@ -668,6 +681,7 @@ def update_sources_data(sources_data, **sources_params):
         2) extensions
         3) extensionspath
         4) sourcedatafilename
+        5) nounifiedhosts
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -677,13 +691,16 @@ def update_sources_data(sources_data, **sources_params):
 
     source_data_filename = sources_params["sourcedatafilename"]
 
-    for source in sort_sources(
-        recursive_glob(sources_params["datapath"], source_data_filename)
-    ):
-        update_file = open(source, "r", encoding="UTF-8")
-        update_data = json.load(update_file)
-        sources_data.append(update_data)
-        update_file.close()
+    if not sources_params["nounifiedhosts"]:
+        for source in sort_sources(
+            recursive_glob(sources_params["datapath"], source_data_filename)
+        ):
+            update_file = open(source, "r", encoding="UTF-8")
+            try:
+                update_data = json.load(update_file)
+                sources_data.append(update_data)
+            finally:
+                update_file.close()
 
     for source in sources_params["extensions"]:
         source_dir = path_join_robust(sources_params["extensionspath"], source)
@@ -691,10 +708,11 @@ def update_sources_data(sources_data, **sources_params):
             recursive_glob(source_dir, source_data_filename)
         ):
             update_file = open(update_file_path, "r")
-            update_data = json.load(update_file)
-
-            sources_data.append(update_data)
-            update_file.close()
+            try:
+                update_data = json.load(update_file)
+                sources_data.append(update_data)
+            finally:
+                update_file.close()
 
     return sources_data
 
@@ -744,7 +762,7 @@ def update_all_sources(source_data_filename, host_filename):
 
         # we can pause updating any given hosts source.
         # if the update.json "pause" key is missing, don't pause.
-        if update_data.get('pause', False):
+        if update_data.get("pause", False):
             continue
 
         update_url = update_data["url"]
@@ -778,23 +796,31 @@ def update_all_sources(source_data_filename, host_filename):
 
 
 # File Logic
-def create_initial_file():
+def create_initial_file(**initial_file_params):
     """
     Initialize the file in which we merge all host files for later pruning.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    header_params : kwargs
+        Dictionary providing additional parameters for populating the initial file
+        information. Currently, those fields are:
+
+        1) nounifiedhosts
     """
 
     merge_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
 
-    # spin the sources for the base file
-    for source in sort_sources(
-        recursive_glob(settings["datapath"], settings["hostfilename"])
-    ):
+    if not initial_file_params["nounifiedhosts"]:
+        # spin the sources for the base file
+        for source in sort_sources(
+            recursive_glob(settings["datapath"], settings["hostfilename"])
+        ):
+            start = "# Start {}\n\n".format(os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(source)))
+            end = "\n# End {}\n\n".format(os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(source)))
 
-        start = "# Start {}\n\n".format(os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(source)))
-        end = "\n# End {}\n\n".format(os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(source)))
-
-        with open(source, "r", encoding="UTF-8") as curFile:
-            write_data(merge_file, start + curFile.read() + end)
+            with open(source, "r", encoding="UTF-8") as curFile:
+                write_data(merge_file, start + curFile.read() + end)
 
     # spin the sources for extensions to the base file
     for source in settings["extensions"]:
@@ -1026,59 +1052,117 @@ def normalize_rule(rule, target_ip, keep_domain_comments):
 
         if keep_domain_comments and extracted_suffix:
             if not extracted_suffix.strip().startswith("#"):
-                rule += " #%s" % extracted_suffix
+                # Strings are stripped, therefore we need to add the space back.
+                rule += " # %s" % extracted_suffix
             else:
                 rule += " %s" % extracted_suffix
 
         return extracted_hostname, rule + "\n"
 
+    def is_ip(dataset: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        Checks whether the given dataset is an IP.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+
+        dataset: str
+            The dataset to work with.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        is_ip: bool
+            Whether the dataset is an IP.
+        """
+
+        try:
+            _ = ipaddress.ip_address(dataset)
+            return True
+        except ValueError:
+            return False
+
+    def belch_unwanted(unwanted: str) -> Tuple[None, None]:
+        """
+        Belches unwanted to screen.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        unwanted: str
+            The unwanted string to belch.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        belched: tuple
+            A tuple of None, None.
+        """
+
+        """
+        finally, if we get here, just belch to screen
+        """
+        print("==>%s<==" % unwanted)
+        return None, None
+
     """
     first try: IP followed by domain
     """
-    regex = r"^\s*(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\s+([\w\.-]+[a-zA-Z])(.*)"
-    result = re.search(regex, rule)
 
-    if result:
-        hostname, suffix = result.group(2, 3)
+    static_ip_regex = r"^(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})$"
+    split_rule = rule.split(maxsplit=1)
 
-        # Explicitly lowercase and trim the hostname.
-        hostname = hostname.lower().strip()
+    if is_ip(split_rule[0]):
+        # Assume that the first item is an IP address following the rule.
+
+        if " " or "\t" in split_rule[-1]:
+            try:
+                # Example: 0.0.0.0 example.org # hello, world!
+                hostname, suffix = split_rule[-1].split(maxsplit=1)
+            except ValueError:
+                # Example: 0.0.0.0 example.org[:space:]
+                hostname, suffix = split_rule[-1], None
+        else:
+            # Example: 0.0.0.0 example.org
+            hostname, suffix = split_rule[-1], None
+
+        hostname = hostname.lower()
+
+        if (
+            is_ip(hostname)
+            or re.search(static_ip_regex, hostname)
+            or "." not in hostname
+            or "/" in hostname
+            or ".." in hostname
+            or ":" in hostname
+        ):
+            # Example: 0.0.0.0 127.0.0.1
+
+            # If the hostname is:
+            #   - an IP - or looks like it,
+            #   - doesn't contain dots, or
+            #   - contains a colon,
+            # we don't want to normalize it.
+            return belch_unwanted(rule)
 
         return normalize_response(hostname, suffix)
 
-    """
-    next try: IP address followed by host IP address
-    """
-    regex = r"^\s*(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s+(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s*(.*)"
-    result = re.search(regex, rule)
+    if (
+        not re.search(static_ip_regex, split_rule[0])
+        and ":" not in split_rule[0]
+        and ".." not in split_rule[0]
+        and "/" not in split_rule[0]
+        and "." in split_rule[0]
+    ):
+        # Deny anything that looks like an IP; doesn't container dots or INVALID.
 
-    if result:
-        ip_host, suffix = result.group(2, 3)
-        # Explicitly trim the ip host.
-        ip_host = ip_host.strip()
+        try:
+            hostname, suffix = split_rule
+        except ValueError:
+            hostname, suffix = split_rule[0], None
 
-        return normalize_response(ip_host, suffix)
+        hostname = hostname.lower()
 
-    """
-    next try: Keep RAW domain.
-    """
-    # deny any potential IPv6 address here.
-    if ":" not in rule:
-        regex = r"^\s*([\w\.-]+[a-zA-Z])(.*)"
-        result = re.search(regex, rule)
+        return normalize_response(hostname, suffix)
 
-        if result:
-            hostname, suffix = result.group(1, 2)
-            # Explicitly lowercase and trim the hostname.
-            hostname = hostname.lower().strip()
-
-            return normalize_response(hostname, suffix)
-
-    """
-    finally, if we get here, just belch to screen
-    """
-    print("==>%s<==" % rule)
-    return None, None
+    return belch_unwanted(rule)
 
 
 def strip_rule(line):
@@ -1115,6 +1199,7 @@ def write_opening_header(final_file, **header_params):
         2) numberofrules
         3) outputsubfolder
         4) skipstatichosts
+        5) nounifiedhosts
     """
 
     final_file.seek(0)  # Reset file pointer.
@@ -1122,22 +1207,41 @@ def write_opening_header(final_file, **header_params):
 
     final_file.seek(0)  # Write at the top.
 
+    no_unified_hosts = header_params["nounifiedhosts"]
+
     if header_params["extensions"]:
-        if len(header_params["extensions"]) > 1:
-            write_data(
-                final_file,
-                "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts with the {0} and {1} extensions\n#\n".format(
-                    ", ".join(header_params["extensions"][:-1]),
-                    header_params["extensions"][-1],
-                ),
-            )
+        if no_unified_hosts:
+            if len(header_params["extensions"]) > 1:
+                write_data(
+                    final_file,
+                    "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts extensions {0} and {1} \n#\n".format(
+                        ", ".join(header_params["extensions"][:-1]),
+                        header_params["extensions"][-1],
+                    ),
+                )
+            else:
+                write_data(
+                    final_file,
+                    "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts extension {0}\n#\n".format(
+                        ", ".join(header_params["extensions"])
+                    ),
+                )
         else:
-            write_data(
-                final_file,
-                "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts with the {0} extension\n#\n".format(
-                    ", ".join(header_params["extensions"])
-                ),
-            )
+            if len(header_params["extensions"]) > 1:
+                write_data(
+                    final_file,
+                    "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts with the {0} and {1} extensions\n#\n".format(
+                        ", ".join(header_params["extensions"][:-1]),
+                        header_params["extensions"][-1],
+                    ),
+                )
+            else:
+                write_data(
+                    final_file,
+                    "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts with the {0} extension\n#\n".format(
+                        ", ".join(header_params["extensions"])
+                    ),
+                )
     else:
         write_data(final_file, "# Title: StevenBlack/hosts\n#\n")
 
@@ -1153,12 +1257,21 @@ def write_opening_header(final_file, **header_params):
     )
 
     if header_params["extensions"]:
-        write_data(
-            final_file,
-            "# Extensions added to this file: "
-            + ", ".join(header_params["extensions"])
-            + "\n",
-        )
+        if header_params["nounifiedhosts"]:
+            write_data(
+                final_file,
+                "# The unified hosts file was not used while generating this file.\n"
+                "# Extensions used to generate this file: "
+                + ", ".join(header_params["extensions"])
+                + "\n",
+            )
+        else:
+            write_data(
+                final_file,
+                "# Extensions added to this file: "
+                + ", ".join(header_params["extensions"])
+                + "\n",
+            )
 
     write_data(
         final_file,
@@ -1236,17 +1349,22 @@ def update_readme_data(readme_file, **readme_updates):
         2) sourcesdata
         3) numberofrules
         4) outputsubfolder
+        5) nounifiedhosts
     """
 
     extensions_key = "base"
     extensions = readme_updates["extensions"]
+    no_unified_hosts = readme_updates["nounifiedhosts"]
 
     if extensions:
         extensions_key = "-".join(extensions)
+        if no_unified_hosts:
+            extensions_key = extensions_key + "-only"
 
     output_folder = readme_updates["outputsubfolder"]
     generation_data = {
         "location": path_join_robust(output_folder, ""),
+        "no_unified_hosts": no_unified_hosts,
         "entries": readme_updates["numberofrules"],
         "sourcesdata": readme_updates["sourcesdata"],
     }
@@ -1291,7 +1409,9 @@ def move_hosts_file_into_place(final_file):
         return False
 
     if platform.system() == "Windows":
-        target_file = str(Path(os.getenv("SystemRoot")) / "system32" / "drivers" / "etc" / "hosts")
+        target_file = str(
+            Path(os.getenv("SystemRoot")) / "system32" / "drivers" / "etc" / "hosts"
+        )
     else:
         target_file = "/etc/hosts"
 
@@ -1308,7 +1428,11 @@ def move_hosts_file_into_place(final_file):
         except Exception:
             print_failure(f"Replacing content of {target_file} failed.")
             return False
-    elif platform.system() == "Linux" or platform.system() == "Windows" or platform.system() == "Darwin":
+    elif (
+        platform.system() == "Linux"
+        or platform.system() == "Windows"
+        or platform.system() == "Darwin"
+    ):
         print(
             f"Replacing {target_file} requires root privileges. You might need to enter your password."
         )
@@ -1411,7 +1535,7 @@ def flush_dns_cache():
             print_failure("Unable to determine DNS management tool.")
 
 
-def remove_old_hosts_file(old_file_path, backup):
+def remove_old_hosts_file(path_to_file, file_name, backup):
     """
     Remove the old hosts file.
 
@@ -1424,21 +1548,25 @@ def remove_old_hosts_file(old_file_path, backup):
         Whether or not to backup the existing hosts file.
     """
 
-    # Create if already removed, so remove won't raise an error.
-    open(old_file_path, "a").close()
+    full_file_path = path_join_robust(path_to_file, file_name)
 
-    if backup:
-        backup_file_path = old_file_path + "-{}".format(
-            time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
-        )
+    if os.path.exists(full_file_path):
+        if backup:
+            backup_file_path = full_file_path + "-{}".format(
+                time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
+            )
 
-        # Make a backup copy, marking the date in which the list was updated
-        shutil.copy(old_file_path, backup_file_path)
+            # Make a backup copy, marking the date in which the list was updated
+            shutil.copy(full_file_path, backup_file_path)
 
-    os.remove(old_file_path)
+        os.remove(full_file_path)
+
+    # Create directory if not exists
+    if not os.path.exists(path_to_file):
+        os.makedirs(path_to_file)
 
     # Create new empty hosts file
-    open(old_file_path, "a").close()
+    open(full_file_path, "a").close()
 
 
 # End File Logic

updateReadme.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def main():
     keys = list(data.keys())
     # Sort by the number of en-dashes in the key
     # and then by the key string itself.
-    keys.sort(key=lambda item: (item.count("-"), item))
+    keys.sort(key=lambda item: (item.replace("-only", "").count("-"), item.replace("-only", "")))
 
     toc_rows = ""
     for key in keys:
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ def main():
         if key == "base":
             data[key]["description"] = "Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)**"
         else:
-            data[key]["description"] = (
-                "Unified hosts **+ " + key.replace("-", " + ") + "**"
-            )
+            if data[key]["no_unified_hosts"]:
+                data[key]["description"] = (
+                    "**" + key.replace("-only", "").replace("-", " + ") + "**"
+                )
+            else:
+                data[key]["description"] = (
+                    "Unified hosts **+ " + key.replace("-", " + ") + "**"
+                )
 
         if "\\" in data[key]["location"]:
             data[key]["location"] = data[key]["location"].replace("\\", "/")
@@ -64,9 +69,12 @@ def main():
     )
     size_history_graph = "![Size history](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts_file_size_history.png)"
     for key in keys:
-        extensions = key.replace("-", ", ")
+        extensions = key.replace("-only", "").replace("-", ", ")
         extensions_str = "* Extensions: **" + extensions + "**."
-        extensions_header = "with " + extensions + " extensions"
+        if data[key]["no_unified_hosts"]:
+            extensions_header = "Limited to the extensions: " + extensions
+        else:
+            extensions_header = "Unified hosts file with " + extensions + " extensions"
 
         source_rows = ""
         source_list = data[key]["sourcesdata"]