# Install hblock

Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources. Version 3.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:hblock
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hblock
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#hblock
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hb/hblock/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S hblock
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: hblock from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:hblock
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hblock>
- **Version:** 3.5.1
- **Source summary:** Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources
- **Homepage:** <https://hblock.molinero.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hectorm/hblock>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/hectorm/hblock#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/hectorm/hblock/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- hblock (cli)
- hblock (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- curl

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 3.5.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/hectorm/hblock
- Upstream latest detected: v3.5.1 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **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:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - hblock: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hb/hblock/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - hblock - 3.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: hblock from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources | https://hblock.molinero.dev/


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph