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BlueLife Hosts Editor vs Hosts File Editor: catalog facts
BlueLife Hosts Editor	Hosts File Editor
Free Freeware under the Sordum end user licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 or later.
Windows	Windows
Portable, no installation needed Add, delete, block and update hosts entries from one window	Table view with filter, sort, and undo and redo Presets for switching between hosts configurations
Windows only Closed source freeware	Windows only Edits only the local hosts file, not network-wide DNS
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Freeware	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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