Release 3.16.117

Updates from URLHaus and KADhosts.
Release 3.16.116
2026-09-25 22:05:28 +01:00 · 2026-09-25 15:32:56 -04:00 · 2026-09-25 15:32:34 -04:00 · 2026-09-23 16:17:02 -04:00 · 2026-09-23 16:16:00 -04:00 · 2026-09-23 16:01:31 -04:00
237 changed files with 680243 additions and 2779307 deletions
@@ -1,17 +1,54 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
    directory: "/"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
    schedule:
      interval: monthly
    labels:
      - dependencies
-      - github_actions
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:
+          - minor
+          - patch
+  - package-ecosystem: pip
    directory: "/"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
+      interval: monthly
    labels:
      - dependencies
      - python
+    groups:
+      pip-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:
+          - minor
+          - patch
    versioning-strategy: lockfile-only
+  - package-ecosystem: npm
+    directory: "/"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+    schedule:
+      interval: monthly
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+    versioning-strategy: increase
+    groups:
+      production-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: production
+        update-types:
+          - minor
+          - patch
+      development-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: development
+        update-types:
+          - minor
+          - patch
@@ -15,36 +15,38 @@ jobs:
  test:
    name: Python ${{ matrix.python }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 15

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        python:
-          - '3.8'
          - '3.9'
          - '3.10'
          - '3.11'
          - '3.12'
+          - '3.13'
+          - '3.14'
        os:
          - ubuntu-latest
        include:
          - os: macos-latest
-            python: '3.8'
+            python: '3.9'
          - os: macos-latest
-            python: '3.12'
+            python: '3.14'
          - os: windows-latest
-            python: '3.8'
+            python: '3.9'
          - os: windows-latest
-            python: '3.12'
+            python: '3.14'

    steps:
      - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
          cache: pip
@@ -15,29 +15,37 @@ on:

 jobs:
  analyze:
-    name: Analyze
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: read
      security-events: write

+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - language: actions
+            build-mode: none
+          - language: python
+            build-mode: none
+
    steps:
      - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4.38.0
        with:
-          languages: "python"
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+          build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
          queries: +security-and-quality

-      - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
-
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4.38.0
        with:
-          category: "/language:python"
+          category: "/language:${{ matrix.language }}"
@@ -15,20 +15,21 @@ jobs:
  build-and-push-image:
    name: Build and push container image
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
    steps:
      - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@37fe631027851001ddb9b187196cc803df7f5f0e # v4.3.0

      - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -36,14 +37,16 @@ jobs:

      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels)
        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@dc802804100637a589fabce1cb79ff13a1411302 # v6.2.0
        with:
          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}

      - name: Build and push container image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7.3.0
        with:
          context: .
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          provenance: true
+          sbom: true
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: 'Dependency Review'
-on: [pull_request]
+
+on:
+  pull_request:

 permissions:
  contents: read
@@ -7,11 +9,12 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
  dependency-review:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
    steps:
      - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Dependency Review
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@a1d282b36b6f3519aa1f3fc636f609c47dddb294 # v5.0.0
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ hosts-*
 /node_modules/
 /package-lock.json
 /yarn.lock
+/flake.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM docker.io/python:3-alpine

-ENV IN_CONTAINER 1
+ENV IN_CONTAINER=1

 RUN apk add --no-cache git sudo

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ COPY . /hosts

 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /hosts/requirements.txt

-ENV PATH $PATH:/hosts
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/hosts

 WORKDIR /hosts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 8,768 entries.
+  containing 8,866 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -160,6 +165,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -415,8 +426,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -432,8 +445,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -441,26 +477,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -484,6 +506,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -600,6 +648,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2023-06-11,9771
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+2025-11-23,8891
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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 84,213 entries.
+  containing 85,659 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -166,6 +171,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -421,8 +432,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -438,8 +451,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -447,26 +483,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -490,6 +512,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -606,6 +654,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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 2023-06-13,58796
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "-pl",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs."
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 87,454 entries.
+  containing 89,413 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -167,6 +172,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -422,8 +433,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -439,8 +452,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -448,26 +484,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -491,6 +513,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -607,6 +655,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2023-06-11,61636
 2023-06-13,61636
 2023-06-14,61636
@@ -153,3 +152,124 @@
 2024-10-07,90090
 2024-10-09,90091
 2024-10-10,90083
+2024-10-11,90083
+2024-10-11,90082
+2024-10-12,90097
+2024-10-13,90096
+2024-10-15,90099
+2024-10-18,90099
+2024-10-23,90104
+2024-10-26,90105
+2024-10-30,90105
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [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 288,777 entries.
+  containing 165,024 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -183,6 +188,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -438,8 +449,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -455,8 +468,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -464,26 +500,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -507,6 +529,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -623,6 +671,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts)
-  containing 285,565 entries.
+  containing 161,250 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -182,6 +187,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -437,8 +448,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -454,8 +467,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -463,26 +499,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -506,6 +528,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -622,6 +670,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 12,010 entries.
+  containing 12,674 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -161,6 +166,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -416,8 +427,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -433,8 +446,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -442,26 +478,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -485,6 +507,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -601,6 +649,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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+2025-11-21,12133
+2025-11-23,12133
+2025-11-27,12133
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-social/hosts)
-  containing 214,035 entries.
+  containing 88,952 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -177,6 +182,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -432,8 +443,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -449,8 +462,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -458,26 +494,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -501,6 +523,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -617,6 +665,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, gambling extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts)
-  containing 210,822 entries.
+  containing 85,176 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -176,6 +181,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -431,8 +442,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -448,8 +461,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -457,26 +493,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -500,6 +522,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -616,6 +664,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # This hosts file is a merged collection of hosts from reputable sources,
 # with a dash of crowd sourcing via GitHub
 #
-# Date: 15 June 2025 23:01:59 (UTC)
+# Date: 25 September 2026 19:30:10 (UTC)
 # The unified hosts file was not used while generating this file.
 # Extensions used to generate this file: fakenews
-# Number of unique domains: 2,194
+# Number of unique domains: 2,187
 #
 # Fetch the latest version of this file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-only/hosts
 # Project home page: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 4threvolutionarywar.wordpress.com
 0.0.0.0 5galert.com
 0.0.0.0 70news.wordpress.com
-0.0.0.0 aanirfan.blogspot.com
 0.0.0.0 abcnews.com.co
 0.0.0.0 abilenetimes.com
 0.0.0.0 abolishsocialism.com
@@ -742,7 +741,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 jacksonpurchasenews.com
 0.0.0.0 jacksonreporter.com
 0.0.0.0 jamescomey.news
-0.0.0.0 jamesfetzer.blogspot.com
 0.0.0.0 jameslico.com
 0.0.0.0 janmorganmedia.com
 0.0.0.0 jaspercountyguide.com
@@ -806,7 +804,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 lakenonatoday.com
 0.0.0.0 lakeregionnews.com
 0.0.0.0 laketahoesun.com
-0.0.0.0 landdestroyer.blogspot.com
 0.0.0.0 laneconews.com
 0.0.0.0 lansingreporter.com
 0.0.0.0 lansingsun.com
@@ -1513,7 +1510,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 silverstatetimes.com
 0.0.0.0 siouxcitytimes.com
 0.0.0.0 siouxempiretoday.com
-0.0.0.0 sitsshow.blogspot.com
 0.0.0.0 skeptiko.com
 0.0.0.0 slctimes.com
 0.0.0.0 slender.news
@@ -1772,7 +1768,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 toprightnews.com
 0.0.0.0 torontobusinessdaily.com
 0.0.0.0 totalworldnews.com
-0.0.0.0 tradcatknight.blogspot.com
 0.0.0.0 trafficking.news
 0.0.0.0 transhumanism.news
 0.0.0.0 treason.news
@@ -1883,7 +1878,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 wastachnews.com
 0.0.0.0 waterfilters.news
 0.0.0.0 waterfordtoday.com
-0.0.0.0 waterfordwhispersnews.com
 0.0.0.0 waterlooreview.com
 0.0.0.0 waterlootimes.com
 0.0.0.0 waterwars.news
@@ -2046,7 +2040,6 @@
 0.0.0.0 www.ewao.com
 0.0.0.0 www.express.co.uk
 0.0.0.0 www.eyeopening.info
-0.0.0.0 www.floridasunpost.com
 0.0.0.0 www.fort-russ.com
 0.0.0.0 www.fourwinds10.net
 0.0.0.0 www.freewoodpost.com
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "-pl",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs."
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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.
+  containing 2,187 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -158,6 +163,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -413,8 +424,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -430,8 +443,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -439,26 +475,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -482,6 +504,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -598,6 +646,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 77,639 entries.
+  containing 78,986 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -164,6 +169,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -419,8 +430,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -436,8 +449,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -445,26 +481,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -488,6 +510,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -604,6 +652,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 80,880 entries.
+  containing 82,792 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -165,6 +170,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -420,8 +431,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -437,8 +450,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -446,26 +482,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -489,6 +511,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -605,6 +653,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn-social/hosts)
-  containing 282,215 entries.
+  containing 158,363 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -181,6 +186,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -436,8 +447,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -453,8 +466,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -462,26 +498,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -505,6 +527,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -621,6 +669,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts)
-  containing 279,003 entries.
+  containing 154,589 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -180,6 +185,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -435,8 +446,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -452,8 +465,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -461,26 +497,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -504,6 +526,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -620,6 +668,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 5,436 entries.
+  containing 6,001 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -159,6 +164,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -414,8 +425,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -431,8 +444,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -440,26 +476,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -483,6 +505,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -599,6 +647,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-social/hosts)
-  containing 207,473 entries.
+  containing 82,291 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -175,6 +180,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -430,8 +441,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -447,8 +460,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -456,26 +492,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -499,6 +521,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -615,6 +663,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with fakenews extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts)
-  containing 204,260 entries.
+  containing 78,515 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -174,6 +179,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -429,8 +440,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -446,8 +459,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -455,26 +491,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -498,6 +520,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -614,6 +662,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: gambling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-only/hosts)
-  containing 6,574 entries.
+  containing 6,673 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -159,6 +164,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -414,8 +425,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -431,8 +444,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -440,26 +476,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -483,6 +505,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -599,6 +647,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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+2025-11-23,6697
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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 82,019 entries.
+  containing 83,466 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -165,6 +170,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -420,8 +431,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -437,8 +450,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -446,26 +482,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -489,6 +511,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -605,6 +653,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - 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 85,260 entries.
+  containing 87,272 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -166,6 +171,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -421,8 +432,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -438,8 +451,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -447,26 +483,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -490,6 +512,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -606,6 +654,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

 ## Interesting Applications

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "filters": [
+    "allegro",
+    "bilet",
+    "olx.pl",
+    "npost",
+    "blogspot.com",
+    ".ipfs.",
+    "c752sa3k9"
+  ]
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-**Take Note!**
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Cloning this repository can take a long time!**
+> You probably just want to start with the latest version, not its whole history since 2018.
+> **Therefore** you probably want to use `git clone --depth 1 ...` to save significant time.

-With the exception of issues and PRs regarding changes to
+
+> [!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
@@ -30,10 +35,10 @@ files are provided.

 ![Aggregator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/aggregator.png)

- Last updated: **June 15 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling, porn, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn-social/hosts)
-  containing 286,583 entries.
+  containing 162,837 entries.

 ![Size history](stats.png)

@@ -49,37 +54,37 @@ 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) | 202,066 | [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) | 204,260 | [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) | 208,628 | [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) | 6,574 | [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) | 276,809 | [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) | 75,445 | [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) | 205,279 | [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) | 3,242 | [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) | 210,822 | [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) | 8,768 | [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) | 279,003 | [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) | 77,639 | [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) | 207,473 | [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) | 5,436 | [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) | 283,371 | [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) | 82,019 | [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) | 211,841 | [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) | 9,816 | [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) | 280,021 | [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) | 78,686 | [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) | 285,565 | [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) | 84,213 | [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) | 214,035 | [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) | 12,010 | [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) | 282,215 | [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) | 80,880 | [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) | 286,583 | [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) | 85,260 | [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) | 288,777 | [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) | 87,454 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)
+Unified hosts = **(adware + malware)** | [Readme](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/readme.md) | [link](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts) | 75,944 | [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) | 78,515 | [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) | 2,187 | [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) | 82,989 | [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) | 6,673 | [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) | 152,402 | [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) | 76,793 | [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) | 80,104 | [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) | 3,808 | [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) | 85,176 | [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) | 8,866 | [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) | 154,589 | [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) | 78,986 | [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) | 82,291 | [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) | 6,001 | [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) | 159,063 | [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) | 83,466 | [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) | 86,765 | [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) | 10,481 | [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) | 156,176 | [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) | 80,599 | [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) | 161,250 | [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) | 85,659 | [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) | 88,952 | [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) | 12,674 | [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) | 158,363 | [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) | 82,792 | [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) | 162,837 | [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) | 87,272 | [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) | 165,024 | [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) | 89,413 | [link](http://sbc.io/hosts/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social-only/hosts)


 **Expectation**: These unified hosts files should serve all devices, regardless
@@ -182,6 +187,12 @@ Build the Docker container from the root of this repo like this:
 docker build --no-cache . -t stevenblack-hosts
 ```

+Or without cloning (directly from GitHub):
+
+```sh
+docker build --no-cache https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts.git -t stevenblack-hosts
+```
+
 Then run your command as such:

 ```sh
@@ -437,8 +448,10 @@ To install hosts file on your machine add the following into your

 ### Nix Flake

-NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can use the hosts file
-like this:
+NixOS installations which are managed through _flakes_ can directly use the `flake.nix` in this repository as an input.
+
+It contains a `nixosModule` that can be used to install the `hosts` file locally, as well as a package containing config files for the [Unbound](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound) DNS server to be used as blocklists.
+

 ```nix
 {
@@ -454,8 +467,31 @@ like this:
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = {
      system = "<architecture>";
      modules = [
-        hosts.nixosModule {
-          networking.stevenBlackHosts.enable = true;
+        # nixosModule to install hosts file locally:
+        hosts.nixosModule
+        {
+          networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
+            enable = true;
+            # optionally:
+            # enableIPv6 = true;
+            # blockFakenews = true;
+            # blockGambling = true;
+            # blockPorn = true;
+            # blockSocial = true;
+          };
+        }
+
+        # configure unbound to use config as blocklist:
+        {
+          {
+            services.unbound = {
+              enable = true;
+              settings.server.include = [
+                "${hosts.packages.${system}.unbound}/hosts"
+                # alternates are also available, e.g. /fakenews, /fakenews-gambling etc.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -463,26 +499,12 @@ like this:
 }
 ```

-The hosts extensions are also available with the following options:
-
-```nix
-{
-  networking.stevenBlackHosts = {
-    enableIPv6 = true;
-    blockFakenews = true;
-    blockGambling = true;
-    blockPorn = true;
-    blockSocial = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-IPv6 rules are enabled by default when `networking.enableIPv6` is set to `true`.
-
 ## Updating hosts file on Windows

 (NOTE: See also some third-party Hosts managers, listed below.)

+### For older versions of Windows
+
 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:

@@ -506,6 +528,32 @@ following:
 - **Windows 10**: Start Button → type `cmd` → right-click Command Prompt → "Run
  as Administrator"

+### For new versions of Windows
+
+On modern versions of Windows (10 and especially 11) not all features of the
+aforementioned batch script work (specifically checking if the current shell has
+administrative priviliges) and therefore a more modern approach is recommended.
+
+The provided `updateHostsWindows.ps1` is a Powershell 5.1 script that does the
+same thing as the batch script, but without the need for the python script, with
+added options, and uses only built-in commands (self-contained). As with the
+batch file it **MUST** be ran with administrative privildges, but it can
+relaunch itself if not.
+
+To run execute the script type:
+```Powershell
+.\updateHostsWindows.ps1
+```
+into any available Windows command line and for detailed information type:
+```Powershell
+Get-Help .\updateHostsWindows.ps1 -Full
+```
+
+Newer Windows comes with several issues (that can be overcome) and for more
+information and solutions please visit the home of this script [here](https://github.com/Lateralus138/updateHostsWindows-stevenblack).
+
+---
+
 You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further
 recommended solutions from third parties.

@@ -622,6 +670,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems.
  most welcome.
 - [ViHoMa](https://github.com/cmabad/ViHoMa) is a Visual Hosts file Manager,
  written in Java, by Christian Martínez. Check it out!
+- [SaneHosts](https://sanehosts.com "SaneHosts") (for macOS): A native hosts file manager with profile-based blocking, Touch ID protection, and support for 200+ curated blocklists. Open source.

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