Hosts Script — Unified Hostlist Generator

Hosts Script is a Bash-based utility that generates a unique, sorted, and consolidated hosts blocklist from multiple sources.

It supports combining:

The output can be directly used as a system hosts file or as an input for DNS-based blocking solutions.

Fetches multiple hostlist sources defined by the user
Normalizes domains into a hosts-style format
Removes duplicates
Sorts entries for consistency
Redirects all blocked domains to a configurable local address (default: 0.0.0.0)

The script helps maintain a clean, minimal, and deterministic blocklist from multiple upstream sources.

Parameter	Description
`LOCAL_HOST`	Local IP to redirect blocked domains (default: `0.0.0.0`)
`OUTPUT_HOST`	Output file name (default: `hosts.txt`)
`source.list`	Hosts-formatted sources
`source.domain`	Plain domain/IP sources

source.list Hosts-formatted entries only:

TEXT

0.0.0.0 www.example.com
0.0.0.0 www.evil.com

source.domain Domain or IP only:

TEXT

www.example.com
www.evil.com

If a source file contains only one entry, add an extra empty line at the end (known script limitation).

Clone the Repository
BASH
```
git clone https://github.com/patkarmandar/Hosts
cd Hosts
```
Add Source Lists
- Add hosts-formatted sources or links to source.list
- Add plain domains/IPs or links to source.domain
- One entry per line
Run the Script
BASH
```
bash generate.sh
```
Output
- The generated hosts blocklist will be available as: hosts.txt
You can append or replace it in:
- /etc/hosts (Linux/macOS)
- System DNS or Pi-hole
- Custom DNS filtering tools

This project aggregates and processes data from the following sources:

All credit goes to the original maintainers of these lists.

Use Cases