StevenBlack/hosts
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🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
First read
Visible and active, but adoption proof is still thinner
StevenBlack/hosts has enough public attention and recent movement to stay on the shortlist, but package usage is still partial, so the next step should be source and ecosystem validation rather than a quick yes.
Visible
30.9K public stars in the current GitStar snapshot.
Recognizable in the ecosystem
Active
Last commit Aug 14, 2026.
Fresh activity
Adopted
Treat stars as discovery context until a linked package appears.
No linked package mapping
Confidence
One or more key signals are partial, so GitStar keeps the interpretation conservative.
Partial snapshot
Snapshot facts
- 30.9K stars
- 2.4K forks
- Last commit Aug 14, 2026
- Package usage not mapped yet
Compare lens
lissy93/personal-security-checklist and mitmproxy/mitmproxy are the closest comparison targets GitStar found. A side-by-side comparison usually tells you more than a single raw rank.
Signal trail
Trajectory
Read the recent motion first. This block is for deciding whether the repository still looks alive, compounding, or flattening before you trust stars alone.
Daily momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Weekly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Monthly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Last commit
Aug 14, 2026
Package reality
No linked npm or PyPI package is mapped for this repository yet, so the page leans more heavily on GitHub-visible popularity and should be read more conservatively.
GitStar expects a package signal here, but no npm or PyPI package is linked to this repository yet.
Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data
Package mapping
No linked package yet
Cross-links
Standalone repo read
Validation note
GitStar can summarize public signals for StevenBlack/hosts, but the GitHub repository is still the primary place to confirm release cadence, issue activity, and maintainer intent.
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Why this rank
This repository stands out because it combines fresh update and stable visibility.
Fresh updateStable visibility
📈 Momentum & Adoption Signals
Approximate star trajectory
Reconstructed from current stars and cached daily/weekly/monthly deltas.
Now: 30.9K
Daily momentum
No signal
Weekly momentum
No signal
Monthly momentum
No signal
Signal mix (log-scaled for readability)
Current stars30.9K
🧭 Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package DataGitStar can see repository momentum, but it does not have a reliable linked package signal yet.
Treat stars and recent movement as discovery context only until npm or PyPI usage is available.
Status
Insufficient Package Data
Package footprint
No linked npm or PyPI usage signal
Method note
This label appears when GitStar cannot find strong enough package telemetry to compare attention against adoption. Compare it against other Python repos before treating stars as a moat.
Related alternative
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Research links
Cross-links
Compare against related repos
GitStar picked personal-security-checklist + mitmproxy as the closest next comparison from the related repository set.
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