HOTS Hosts Lite

HOTS Hosts Lite is a free, open-source Windows app for viewing and managing the system hosts file (Fluent Design, dark/light theme).

CORE: real-time table view, live search, bulk paste, auto-backup (rotating archive), diff preview, import/export .txt/.csv.

DIAGNOSTICS: domain existence check, heuristic malware scanner (homoglyphs, punycode, typosquatting, suspicious TLDs).

BLOCKING: custom domain blocklist, hosts file lock (ACL deny-write), application firewall blocking, 3 switchable hosts profiles.

Also: 4 accent colors, 7 languages (EN/PL/FR/DE/ES/PT/RU), optional password protection, built-in update checker.

Free, GPLv3.

A lighter companion to the full HOTS Hosts, which adds parental-control blocklists, Cloudflare Family DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS blocking, VPN client blocking, System Restore integration, and a full privacy module.

Features

Domain Blocking
Malware Scanner
Application Firewall
Hosts File Lock

Project Samples

Main window — table view with live search

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

User Interface

Qt, Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

Python

Related Categories

Python Security Software, Python Networking Software

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