hosty

Ad blocker script for Linux.

AUR

If you have Arch Linux or Arch based distribution compatible with AUR (Manjaro, Antergos, ArchBang, Bridge Linux) then you can simply install hosty from the AUR:

$ yaourt -S hosty

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hosty

Manual instalation

Requires

• sudo
• Wget
• cURL
• Gawk

How to install the requirements

• Ubuntu/Mint/Debian: $ sudo apt-get install wget curl gawk

• Arch/Manjaro/Antergos: $ sudo pacman -S wget curl gawk

• Fedora/RHEL/CentOS: $ sudo yum install wget curl gawk

• SUSE: $ sudo zypper in wget curl gawk

How to install hosty

$ curl -L git.io/hosty | sh

How to run hosty

$ sudo hosty

Whitelist

You can include exceptions editing the file /etc/hosts.whitelist (With root permissions), one domain name per line.

Besides, hosty apply a internal whitelist for safety. If you want only use your custom whitelist and avoid the internal whitelist run:

$ sudo hosty --all

How to restore your original hosts file

$ sudo hosty --restore

How to see the result without changing the file

$ hosty --debug

How to uninstall hosty

$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/hosty