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

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