HostsManager

Manage your `/etc/hosts` file with this simple GTK application for GNU/Linux.

Features

• Adding host row, comment row.
• Create group of hosts.
• Drag & drop.
• Checks on IP address (v4 or v6).
• Search through hostnames.
• Shortcuts.
• Restore from an automatic backup of your /etc/hosts file, made each time the application is started.
• Hot-reload of the entries if /etc/hosts file has changed.

Package

Distribution	Status
Fedora (38,39,40,rawhide)

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Compilation & installation

meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja
sudo ninja install

Development

Done with Builder, so you can compile and start the application directly with the development profile.

Update translations

meson build --prefix=/build -Dprofile=development
cd build
meson compile org.gnome.gitlab.spo-ijaz.hostsmanager-pot
meson compile org.gnome.gitlab.spo-ijaz.hostsmanager-update-po

And use poedit on /po/xx.po files to add translations.