Release 3.16.117

Updates from URLHaus and KADhosts.
Release 3.16.116
2026-09-26 06:10:20 +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
215 changed files with 654696 additions and 723520 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
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
  test:
    name: Python ${{ matrix.python }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 15

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
@@ -25,26 +26,27 @@ jobs:
          - '3.11'
          - '3.12'
          - '3.13'
+          - '3.14'
        os:
          - ubuntu-latest
        include:
          - os: macos-latest
            python: '3.9'
          - os: macos-latest
-            python: '3.13'
+            python: '3.14'
          - os: windows-latest
            python: '3.9'
          - os: windows-latest
-            python: '3.13'
+            python: '3.14'

    steps:
      - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
+        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@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@192325c86100d080feab897ff886c34abd4c83a3 # v3.30.3
+        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@192325c86100d080feab897ff886c34abd4c83a3 # v3.30.3
-
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@192325c86100d080feab897ff886c34abd4c83a3 # v3.30.3
+        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@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3.11.1
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@37fe631027851001ddb9b187196cc803df7f5f0e # v4.3.0

      - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@184bdaa0721073962dff0199f1fb9940f07167d1 # v3.5.0
+        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@c1e51972afc2121e065aed6d45c65596fe445f3f # v5.8.0
+        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@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 # v6.18.0
+        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@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Dependency Review
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@595b5aeba73380359d98a5e087f648dbb0edce1b # v4.7.3
+        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: **September 26 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 8,851 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -441,22 +477,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -628,6 +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
 2023-06-13,9771
 2023-06-14,9771
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,8803
 2025-08-03,8803
 2025-08-08,8810
+2025-08-08,8810
+2025-08-13,8816
+2025-08-14,8816
+2025-08-19,8816
+2025-08-24,8816
+2025-08-29,8816
+2025-09-05,8816
+2025-09-08,8816
+2025-09-14,8829
+2025-09-15,8829
+2025-09-25,8851
+2025-09-27,8851
+2025-10-02,8860
+2025-10-04,8860
+2025-10-08,8860
+2025-10-13,8860
+2025-10-16,8860
+2025-10-25,8861
+2025-11-01,8861
+2025-11-02,8861
+2025-11-04,8869
+2025-11-07,8870
+2025-11-11,8878
+2025-11-11,8878
+2025-11-15,8878
+2025-11-18,8878
+2025-11-21,8891
+2025-11-23,8891
+2025-11-27,8891
@@ -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: **September 26 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 84,334 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -447,22 +483,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -634,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,58796
 2023-06-13,58796
 2023-06-14,58796
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,84270
 2025-08-03,84270
 2025-08-08,84277
+2025-08-08,84277
+2025-08-13,84283
+2025-08-14,84283
+2025-08-19,84283
+2025-08-24,84283
+2025-08-29,84283
+2025-09-05,84283
+2025-09-08,84295
+2025-09-14,84312
+2025-09-15,84312
+2025-09-25,84334
+2025-09-27,84334
+2025-10-02,84344
+2025-10-04,84344
+2025-10-08,84344
+2025-10-13,84344
+2025-10-16,84344
+2025-10-25,84348
+2025-11-01,84348
+2025-11-02,84348
+2025-11-04,84353
+2025-11-07,84354
+2025-11-11,84362
+2025-11-11,84362
+2025-11-15,84362
+2025-11-18,84362
+2025-11-21,84380
+2025-11-23,84380
+2025-11-27,84380
@@ -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: **September 26 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 87,524 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -448,22 +484,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -635,6 +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
@@ -245,3 +244,32 @@
 2025-08-01,87460
 2025-08-03,87460
 2025-08-08,87467
+2025-08-08,87467
+2025-08-13,87473
+2025-08-14,87473
+2025-08-19,87473
+2025-08-24,87473
+2025-08-29,87473
+2025-09-05,87473
+2025-09-08,87485
+2025-09-14,87502
+2025-09-15,87502
+2025-09-25,87524
+2025-09-27,87524
+2025-10-02,87534
+2025-10-04,87534
+2025-10-08,87534
+2025-10-13,87534
+2025-10-16,87534
+2025-10-25,87538
+2025-11-01,87538
+2025-11-02,87538
+2025-11-04,87543
+2025-11-07,87544
+2025-11-11,87552
+2025-11-11,87552
+2025-11-15,87552
+2025-11-18,87552
+2025-11-21,87570
+2025-11-23,87570
+2025-11-27,87570
@@ -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: **September 26 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 168,984 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -464,22 +500,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -651,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,40317
 2016-12-18,40363
 2016-12-18,41792
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,313985
 2025-08-03,314719
 2025-08-08,315833
+2025-08-08,315833
+2025-08-13,316062
+2025-08-14,316804
+2025-08-19,317681
+2025-08-24,321056
+2025-08-29,322509
+2025-09-05,328876
+2025-09-08,332847
+2025-09-14,336211
+2025-09-15,336689
+2025-09-25,168984
+2025-09-27,170217
+2025-10-02,171045
+2025-10-04,169017
+2025-10-08,168965
+2025-10-13,168664
+2025-10-16,169529
+2025-10-25,190310
+2025-11-01,196229
+2025-11-02,195662
+2025-11-04,196632
+2025-11-07,198287
+2025-11-11,195708
+2025-11-11,195654
+2025-11-15,198652
+2025-11-18,189601
+2025-11-21,185298
+2025-11-23,185298
+2025-11-27,176045
@@ -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: **September 26 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 165,772 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -463,22 +499,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -650,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,40087
 2016-12-18,40133
 2016-12-18,41562
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,310773
 2025-08-03,311507
 2025-08-08,312621
+2025-08-08,312621
+2025-08-13,312850
+2025-08-14,313592
+2025-08-19,314469
+2025-08-24,317844
+2025-08-29,319297
+2025-09-05,325664
+2025-09-08,329635
+2025-09-14,332999
+2025-09-15,333477
+2025-09-25,165772
+2025-09-27,167005
+2025-10-02,167833
+2025-10-04,165805
+2025-10-08,165753
+2025-10-13,165452
+2025-10-16,166317
+2025-10-25,187098
+2025-11-01,193017
+2025-11-02,192450
+2025-11-04,193420
+2025-11-07,195075
+2025-11-11,192496
+2025-11-11,192442
+2025-11-15,195440
+2025-11-18,186389
+2025-11-21,182086
+2025-11-23,182086
+2025-11-27,172833
@@ -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: **September 26 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 12,093 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -442,22 +478,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -629,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,12612
 2023-06-13,12612
 2023-06-14,12612
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,12045
 2025-08-03,12045
 2025-08-08,12052
+2025-08-08,12052
+2025-08-13,12058
+2025-08-14,12058
+2025-08-19,12058
+2025-08-24,12058
+2025-08-29,12058
+2025-09-05,12058
+2025-09-08,12058
+2025-09-14,12071
+2025-09-15,12071
+2025-09-25,12093
+2025-09-27,12093
+2025-10-02,12102
+2025-10-04,12102
+2025-10-08,12102
+2025-10-13,12102
+2025-10-16,12102
+2025-10-25,12103
+2025-11-01,12103
+2025-11-02,12103
+2025-11-04,12111
+2025-11-07,12112
+2025-11-11,12120
+2025-11-11,12120
+2025-11-15,12120
+2025-11-18,12120
+2025-11-21,12133
+2025-11-23,12133
+2025-11-27,12133
@@ -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: **September 26 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 94,220 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -458,22 +494,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -645,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,34083
 2016-12-18,34129
 2016-12-18,34157
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,239236
 2025-08-03,239970
 2025-08-08,241086
+2025-08-08,241086
+2025-08-13,241315
+2025-08-14,242057
+2025-08-19,242934
+2025-08-24,246309
+2025-08-29,247762
+2025-09-05,254129
+2025-09-08,258088
+2025-09-14,261448
+2025-09-15,261926
+2025-09-25,94220
+2025-09-27,95453
+2025-10-02,96280
+2025-10-04,94252
+2025-10-08,94200
+2025-10-13,93899
+2025-10-16,94764
+2025-10-25,115542
+2025-11-01,121461
+2025-11-02,120894
+2025-11-04,121867
+2025-11-07,123522
+2025-11-11,120943
+2025-11-11,120889
+2025-11-15,123887
+2025-11-18,114836
+2025-11-21,110528
+2025-11-23,110528
+2025-11-27,101275
@@ -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: **September 26 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 91,007 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -457,22 +493,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -644,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,33853
 2016-12-18,33899
 2016-12-18,33927
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,236023
 2025-08-03,236757
 2025-08-08,237873
+2025-08-08,237873
+2025-08-13,238102
+2025-08-14,238844
+2025-08-19,239721
+2025-08-24,243096
+2025-08-29,244549
+2025-09-05,250916
+2025-09-08,254875
+2025-09-14,258235
+2025-09-15,258713
+2025-09-25,91007
+2025-09-27,92240
+2025-10-02,93067
+2025-10-04,91039
+2025-10-08,90987
+2025-10-13,90686
+2025-10-16,91551
+2025-10-25,112329
+2025-11-01,118248
+2025-11-02,117681
+2025-11-04,118654
+2025-11-07,120309
+2025-11-11,117730
+2025-11-11,117676
+2025-11-15,120674
+2025-11-18,111623
+2025-11-21,107315
+2025-11-23,107315
+2025-11-27,98062
@@ -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: 26 September 2025 02:12:11 (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: 2,188
+# 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
@@ -1878,7 +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
@@ -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: **September 26 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 2,188 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -439,22 +475,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -626,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,2194
 2023-06-13,2194
 2023-06-14,2194
@@ -233,3 +232,32 @@
 2025-08-01,2188
 2025-08-03,2188
 2025-08-08,2188
+2025-08-08,2188
+2025-08-13,2188
+2025-08-14,2188
+2025-08-19,2188
+2025-08-24,2188
+2025-08-29,2188
+2025-09-05,2188
+2025-09-08,2188
+2025-09-14,2188
+2025-09-15,2188
+2025-09-25,2188
+2025-09-27,2188
+2025-10-02,2188
+2025-10-04,2188
+2025-10-08,2188
+2025-10-13,2188
+2025-10-16,2188
+2025-10-25,2188
+2025-11-01,2188
+2025-11-02,2188
+2025-11-04,2188
+2025-11-07,2188
+2025-11-11,2188
+2025-11-11,2188
+2025-11-15,2188
+2025-11-18,2188
+2025-11-21,2188
+2025-11-23,2188
+2025-11-27,2188
@@ -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: **September 26 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 77,677 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -445,22 +481,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -632,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,51219
 2023-06-13,51219
 2023-06-14,51219
@@ -245,3 +244,32 @@
 2025-08-01,77661
 2025-08-03,77661
 2025-08-08,77661
+2025-08-08,77661
+2025-08-13,77661
+2025-08-14,77661
+2025-08-19,77661
+2025-08-24,77661
+2025-08-29,77661
+2025-09-05,77661
+2025-09-08,77673
+2025-09-14,77677
+2025-09-15,77677
+2025-09-25,77677
+2025-09-27,77677
+2025-10-02,77678
+2025-10-04,77678
+2025-10-08,77678
+2025-10-13,77678
+2025-10-16,77678
+2025-10-25,77681
+2025-11-01,77681
+2025-11-02,77681
+2025-11-04,77678
+2025-11-07,77678
+2025-11-11,77678
+2025-11-11,77678
+2025-11-15,77678
+2025-11-18,77678
+2025-11-21,77683
+2025-11-23,77683
+2025-11-27,77683
@@ -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: **September 26 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 80,918 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -446,22 +482,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -633,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,54059
 2023-06-13,54059
 2023-06-14,54059
@@ -245,3 +244,32 @@
 2025-08-01,80902
 2025-08-03,80902
 2025-08-08,80902
+2025-08-08,80902
+2025-08-13,80902
+2025-08-14,80902
+2025-08-19,80902
+2025-08-24,80902
+2025-08-29,80902
+2025-09-05,80902
+2025-09-08,80914
+2025-09-14,80918
+2025-09-15,80918
+2025-09-25,80918
+2025-09-27,80918
+2025-10-02,80919
+2025-10-04,80919
+2025-10-08,80919
+2025-10-13,80919
+2025-10-16,80919
+2025-10-25,80922
+2025-11-01,80922
+2025-11-02,80922
+2025-11-04,80919
+2025-11-07,80919
+2025-11-11,80919
+2025-11-11,80919
+2025-11-15,80919
+2025-11-18,80919
+2025-11-21,80924
+2025-11-23,80924
+2025-11-27,80924
@@ -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: **September 26 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 162,339 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -462,22 +498,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -649,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,38797
 2016-12-18,38843
 2016-12-18,40272
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,307388
 2025-08-03,308122
 2025-08-08,309229
+2025-08-08,309229
+2025-08-13,309452
+2025-08-14,310194
+2025-08-19,311071
+2025-08-24,314446
+2025-08-29,315899
+2025-09-05,322266
+2025-09-08,326237
+2025-09-14,329588
+2025-09-15,330066
+2025-09-25,162339
+2025-09-27,163572
+2025-10-02,164391
+2025-10-04,162363
+2025-10-08,162311
+2025-10-13,162010
+2025-10-16,162875
+2025-10-25,183655
+2025-11-01,189575
+2025-11-02,189008
+2025-11-04,189970
+2025-11-07,191624
+2025-11-11,189037
+2025-11-11,188983
+2025-11-15,191981
+2025-11-18,182930
+2025-11-21,178614
+2025-11-23,178614
+2025-11-27,169361
@@ -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: **September 26 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 159,127 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -461,22 +497,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -648,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,38567
 2016-12-18,38613
 2016-12-18,40042
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,304176
 2025-08-03,304910
 2025-08-08,306017
+2025-08-08,306017
+2025-08-13,306240
+2025-08-14,306982
+2025-08-19,307859
+2025-08-24,311234
+2025-08-29,312687
+2025-09-05,319054
+2025-09-08,323025
+2025-09-14,326376
+2025-09-15,326854
+2025-09-25,159127
+2025-09-27,160360
+2025-10-02,161179
+2025-10-04,159151
+2025-10-08,159099
+2025-10-13,158798
+2025-10-16,159663
+2025-10-25,180443
+2025-11-01,186363
+2025-11-02,185796
+2025-11-04,186758
+2025-11-07,188412
+2025-11-11,185825
+2025-11-11,185771
+2025-11-15,188769
+2025-11-18,179718
+2025-11-21,175402
+2025-11-23,175402
+2025-11-27,166149
@@ -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: **September 26 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -440,22 +476,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -627,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,5035
 2023-06-13,5035
 2023-06-14,5035
@@ -234,3 +233,32 @@
 2025-08-01,5436
 2025-08-03,5436
 2025-08-08,5436
+2025-08-08,5436
+2025-08-13,5436
+2025-08-14,5436
+2025-08-19,5436
+2025-08-24,5436
+2025-08-29,5436
+2025-09-05,5436
+2025-09-08,5436
+2025-09-14,5436
+2025-09-15,5436
+2025-09-25,5436
+2025-09-27,5436
+2025-10-02,5436
+2025-10-04,5436
+2025-10-08,5436
+2025-10-13,5436
+2025-10-16,5436
+2025-10-25,5436
+2025-11-01,5436
+2025-11-02,5436
+2025-11-04,5436
+2025-11-07,5436
+2025-11-11,5436
+2025-11-11,5436
+2025-11-15,5436
+2025-11-18,5436
+2025-11-21,5436
+2025-11-23,5436
+2025-11-27,5436
@@ -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: **September 26 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 87,575 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -456,22 +492,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -643,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,32563
 2016-12-18,32609
 2016-12-18,32637
@@ -952,3 +951,32 @@
 2025-08-01,232639
 2025-08-03,233373
 2025-08-08,234482
+2025-08-08,234482
+2025-08-13,234705
+2025-08-14,235447
+2025-08-19,236324
+2025-08-24,239699
+2025-08-29,241152
+2025-09-05,247519
+2025-09-08,251478
+2025-09-14,254825
+2025-09-15,255303
+2025-09-25,87575
+2025-09-27,88808
+2025-10-02,89626
+2025-10-04,87598
+2025-10-08,87546
+2025-10-13,87245
+2025-10-16,88110
+2025-10-25,108887
+2025-11-01,114807
+2025-11-02,114240
+2025-11-04,115205
+2025-11-07,116859
+2025-11-11,114272
+2025-11-11,114218
+2025-11-15,117216
+2025-11-18,108165
+2025-11-21,103844
+2025-11-23,103844
+2025-11-27,94591
@@ -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: **September 26 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 84,362 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -455,22 +491,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -642,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-12-17,32333
 2016-12-18,32379
 2016-12-18,32407
@@ -953,3 +952,32 @@
 2025-08-01,229426
 2025-08-03,230160
 2025-08-08,231269
+2025-08-08,231269
+2025-08-13,231492
+2025-08-14,232234
+2025-08-19,233111
+2025-08-24,236486
+2025-08-29,237939
+2025-09-05,244306
+2025-09-08,248265
+2025-09-14,251612
+2025-09-15,252090
+2025-09-25,84362
+2025-09-27,85595
+2025-10-02,86413
+2025-10-04,84385
+2025-10-08,84333
+2025-10-13,84032
+2025-10-16,84897
+2025-10-25,105674
+2025-11-01,111594
+2025-11-02,111027
+2025-11-04,111992
+2025-11-07,113646
+2025-11-11,111059
+2025-11-11,111005
+2025-11-15,114003
+2025-11-18,104952
+2025-11-21,100631
+2025-11-23,100631
+2025-11-27,91378
@@ -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: **September 26 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 6,657 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -440,22 +476,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -627,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,7577
 2023-06-13,7577
 2023-06-14,7577
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,6609
 2025-08-03,6609
 2025-08-08,6616
+2025-08-08,6616
+2025-08-13,6622
+2025-08-14,6622
+2025-08-19,6622
+2025-08-24,6622
+2025-08-29,6622
+2025-09-05,6622
+2025-09-08,6622
+2025-09-14,6635
+2025-09-15,6635
+2025-09-25,6657
+2025-09-27,6657
+2025-10-02,6666
+2025-10-04,6666
+2025-10-08,6666
+2025-10-13,6666
+2025-10-16,6666
+2025-10-25,6667
+2025-11-01,6667
+2025-11-02,6667
+2025-11-04,6675
+2025-11-07,6676
+2025-11-11,6684
+2025-11-11,6684
+2025-11-15,6684
+2025-11-18,6684
+2025-11-21,6697
+2025-11-23,6697
+2025-11-27,6697
@@ -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: **September 26 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 82,140 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -446,22 +482,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -633,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,56602
 2023-06-13,56602
 2023-06-14,56602
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,82076
 2025-08-03,82076
 2025-08-08,82083
+2025-08-08,82083
+2025-08-13,82089
+2025-08-14,82089
+2025-08-19,82089
+2025-08-24,82089
+2025-08-29,82089
+2025-09-05,82089
+2025-09-08,82101
+2025-09-14,82118
+2025-09-15,82118
+2025-09-25,82140
+2025-09-27,82140
+2025-10-02,82150
+2025-10-04,82150
+2025-10-08,82150
+2025-10-13,82150
+2025-10-16,82150
+2025-10-25,82154
+2025-11-01,82154
+2025-11-02,82154
+2025-11-04,82159
+2025-11-07,82160
+2025-11-11,82168
+2025-11-11,82168
+2025-11-15,82168
+2025-11-18,82168
+2025-11-21,82186
+2025-11-23,82186
+2025-11-27,82186
@@ -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: **September 26 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 85,381 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -447,22 +483,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -634,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,59442
 2023-06-13,59442
 2023-06-14,59442
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,85317
 2025-08-03,85317
 2025-08-08,85324
+2025-08-08,85324
+2025-08-13,85330
+2025-08-14,85330
+2025-08-19,85330
+2025-08-24,85330
+2025-08-29,85330
+2025-09-05,85330
+2025-09-08,85342
+2025-09-14,85359
+2025-09-15,85359
+2025-09-25,85381
+2025-09-27,85381
+2025-10-02,85391
+2025-10-04,85391
+2025-10-08,85391
+2025-10-13,85391
+2025-10-16,85391
+2025-10-25,85395
+2025-11-01,85395
+2025-11-02,85395
+2025-11-04,85400
+2025-11-07,85401
+2025-11-11,85409
+2025-11-11,85409
+2025-11-15,85409
+2025-11-18,85409
+2025-11-21,85427
+2025-11-23,85427
+2025-11-27,85427
@@ -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: **September 26 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 166,796 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -463,22 +499,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -650,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-03-13,33270
 2016-03-13,33270
 2016-03-13,33271
@@ -1082,3 +1081,32 @@
 2025-08-01,311797
 2025-08-03,312531
 2025-08-08,313645
+2025-08-08,313645
+2025-08-13,313874
+2025-08-14,314616
+2025-08-19,315493
+2025-08-24,318868
+2025-08-29,320321
+2025-09-05,326688
+2025-09-08,330659
+2025-09-14,334023
+2025-09-15,334501
+2025-09-25,166796
+2025-09-27,168029
+2025-10-02,168857
+2025-10-04,166829
+2025-10-08,166777
+2025-10-13,166476
+2025-10-16,167341
+2025-10-25,188122
+2025-11-01,194041
+2025-11-02,193474
+2025-11-04,194444
+2025-11-07,196099
+2025-11-11,193520
+2025-11-11,193466
+2025-11-15,196464
+2025-11-18,187413
+2025-11-21,183110
+2025-11-23,183110
+2025-11-27,173857
@@ -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: **September 26 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling, porn extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-porn/hosts)
-  containing 163,584 entries.
+  containing 159,063 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -462,22 +498,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -649,6 +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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 2016-03-13,33215
 2016-03-13,33215
 2016-03-13,33216
@@ -1082,3 +1081,32 @@
 2025-08-01,308585
 2025-08-03,309319
 2025-08-08,310433
+2025-08-08,310433
+2025-08-13,310662
+2025-08-14,311404
+2025-08-19,312281
+2025-08-24,315656
+2025-08-29,317109
+2025-09-05,323476
+2025-09-08,327447
+2025-09-14,330811
+2025-09-15,331289
+2025-09-25,163584
+2025-09-27,164817
+2025-10-02,165645
+2025-10-04,163617
+2025-10-08,163565
+2025-10-13,163264
+2025-10-16,164129
+2025-10-25,184910
+2025-11-01,190829
+2025-11-02,190262
+2025-11-04,191232
+2025-11-07,192887
+2025-11-11,190308
+2025-11-11,190254
+2025-11-15,193252
+2025-11-18,184201
+2025-11-21,179898
+2025-11-23,179898
+2025-11-27,170645
@@ -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: **September 26 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Limited to the extensions: gambling, social](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social-only/hosts)
-  containing 9,899 entries.
+  containing 10,481 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -441,22 +477,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -628,6 +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 @@
-
 2023-06-11,10418
 2023-06-13,10418
 2023-06-14,10418
@@ -246,3 +245,32 @@
 2025-08-01,9851
 2025-08-03,9851
 2025-08-08,9858
+2025-08-08,9858
+2025-08-13,9864
+2025-08-14,9864
+2025-08-19,9864
+2025-08-24,9864
+2025-08-29,9864
+2025-09-05,9864
+2025-09-08,9864
+2025-09-14,9877
+2025-09-15,9877
+2025-09-25,9899
+2025-09-27,9899
+2025-10-02,9908
+2025-10-04,9908
+2025-10-08,9908
+2025-10-13,9908
+2025-10-16,9908
+2025-10-25,9909
+2025-11-01,9909
+2025-11-02,9909
+2025-11-04,9917
+2025-11-07,9918
+2025-11-11,9926
+2025-11-11,9926
+2025-11-15,9926
+2025-11-18,9926
+2025-11-21,9939
+2025-11-23,9939
+2025-11-27,9939
@@ -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: **September 26 2025**.
+- Last updated: **September 25 2026**.
 - Here's the
  [raw hosts file Unified hosts file with gambling, social extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/gambling-social/hosts)
-  containing 92,032 entries.
+  containing 86,765 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) | 80,060 | [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) | 84,362 | [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) | 2,188 | [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) | 88,819 | [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) | 6,657 | [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) | 156,939 | [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) | 75,483 | [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) | 85,387 | [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) | 91,007 | [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) | 8,851 | [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) | 159,127 | [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) | 77,677 | [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) | 87,575 | [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) | 163,584 | [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) | 82,140 | [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) | 92,032 | [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) | 9,899 | [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) | 160,151 | [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) | 78,724 | [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) | 165,772 | [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) | 84,334 | [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) | 94,220 | [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) | 12,093 | [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) | 162,339 | [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) | 80,918 | [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) | 166,796 | [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) | 85,381 | [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) | 168,984 | [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) | 87,524 | [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.
+              ];
+            };
+          }
        }
      ];
    };
@@ -457,22 +493,6 @@ 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.)
@@ -644,6 +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.

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