macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install hblocklocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
hblock mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für hblock in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#hblocknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/hb/hblock/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S hblockArch Linux sync databases · hblock · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- hblock
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
hBlock is a POSIX shell hosts-file generator for blocking advertising, tracking, and malware domains. It belongs to the long Unix tradition of small text-processing security tools: fetch lists, merge/filter them, and write a system file or alternate output format.
Projektgeschichte
The public GitHub repository was created in August 2015 by Hector Molinero Fernandez. The README describes hBlock as a POSIX-compliant shell script that gathers domains from multiple sources and creates a hosts file, among other formats, to prevent systems from connecting to them.
The manpage documents the program as hBlock 3.5.1 and exposes its design through options: output file, header, footer, sources file, allowlist, denylist, redirection address, wrapping, template, comments, lenient matching, regex allowlists, subdomain filtering, retries, continuation on download error, and parallel downloads.
Adoptionsgeschichte
The README points users to a package list and mentions various package managers. Input facts show hBlock packaged in Homebrew, Nix, and pacman, which fits its audience: Unix-like users who want repeatable hosts-file generation rather than a browser-specific blocker.
The project also publishes nightly generated blocklist outputs on its website and documents a systemd timer for regular updates, showing use as both a local command and scheduled system maintenance tool.
Wie es verwendet wird
The default workflow is to run hblock and let it generate a hosts file from built-in or configured sources. Users can point it at custom sources.list, allow.list, deny.list, header, and footer files under XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hblock or /etc/hblock, or print to stdout for integration with other tooling.
The README warns that hBlock replaces the system hosts file by default, so careful use and backups matter when a machine already has local hosts entries.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
hBlock is package-nerd friendly because it is just a shell script with explicit files, environment variables, and predictable Unix paths. It demonstrates how a tiny package can wrap a volatile external data problem while leaving policy in plain text files.
Zeitleiste
- 2015: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: hBlock documents versioned manual pages and a 3.x command surface.
- 2020s: Homebrew, Nix, and pacman package names appear in input package facts.
Related projects
- hMirror is related by upstream maintainer documentation as a way to inspect source blocklists behind false positives.
- Hosts-file blocklists, dnsmasq-style outputs, and systemd timers are related operational pieces described by the README and manpage.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hblock/sources.list/etc/hblock/sources.list$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hblock/allow.list/etc/hblock/allow.list$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hblock/deny.list/etc/hblock/deny.list$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hblock/header/etc/hblock/header$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hblock/footer/etc/hblock/footer
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
hblock | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version3.5.1
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv3.5.1
https://github.com/hectorm/hblock
- InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:hblock |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.5.1 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hblock |
| Homepage | https://hblock.molinero.dev/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/hectorm/hblock |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/hectorm/hblock#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/hectorm/hblock/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.1.tar.gz |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | curl |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf all) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | hblock |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Nix95%
hblock
nix profile install nixpkgs#hblock- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Hblock
pacman95%
hblock 3.5.1-1
Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources
sudo pacman -S hblock- License: MIT
- Architecture: any
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Hblock
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment