Compare software

Acrylic DNS Proxy vs SwitchHosts: catalog facts
Acrylic DNS Proxy	SwitchHosts
Free Free and released as open source.	Free Free, with source code published on GitHub.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Hosts file with wildcard and regular expression support Caching speeds up repeated name lookups	Switch between hosts file setups in one click Supports remote hosts lists such as blocklists
Windows only Configured through text files rather than a graphical interface	Hosts files cannot block by wildcard or filter whole networks Needs administrator rights to change the system hosts file
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.