Block List

A minimalist hosts-based tool for managing block lists and ad-blocking.

This project uses the excellent and regularly updated Unified Hosts lists from Steven Black.

Installation

cargo install block-list

Usage

sudo block-list /path/to/hosts your-desired-list

Examples

Basic usage:

# Just use 'hosts' as the desired list if you only want ad-blocking.
sudo block-list /etc/hosts social

Pipe in a custom list:

cat someFile.txt | sudo block-list /etc/hosts

OR

cat someFile.txt | sudo block-list /etc/hosts social

Output

If successful, this command will append a new list or replace the current list at the tail of the supplied hosts file, eg:

Block List updated! 🔒

##
# Host Database
##
127.0.0.1	localhost
255.255.255.255	broadcasthost
::1             localhost


# Your list of addresses
1.2.3.4 somehost

... 

# Block List

0.0.0.0 some.custom.address.net
0.0.0.0 another.custom.address.xyz

0.0.0.0 some.malware.address.com
0.0.0.0 another.blocked.address.xxx