installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install hblock

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#hblock

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/hb/hblock/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%

sudo pacman -S hblock

Arch Linux sync databases · hblock · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

hblock

historique

Historique du projet et usages

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.

Historique du projet

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.

Historique d'adoption

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.

Modes d'utilisation

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.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

Chronologie

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.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 1 plateformes.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

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

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`hblock`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire3.5.1

gestionnaire mis à jour

données localesOK

amontà jour

dernière version détectéev3.5.1

https://github.com/hectorm/hblock

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:hblock
Version	3.5.1
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hblock
Page d'accueil	https://hblock.molinero.dev/
Dépôt	https://github.com/hectorm/hblock
Docs amont	https://github.com/hectorm/hblock#readme
Licence	MIT
Archive source	https://github.com/hectorm/hblock/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.1.tar.gz
Bibliothèques fournies par macOS	curl
Bouteille	disponible (sur all)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

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

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Nix95%

hblock

nix profile install nixpkgs#hblock

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Hblock

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

pacman95%

hblock 3.5.1-1

Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources

https://hblock.molinero.dev/

sudo pacman -S hblock

License: MIT
Architecture: any
3 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Hblock

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

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/hblock.yml

Sources utilisées

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

Installer hblock avec Homebrew, Nix, pacman