Command-line tool

hostess

brew/hostess

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Idempotent command-line utility for managing your /etc/hosts file

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install hostess

Linux

brew install hostess

List domains, target IP addresses, and on/off status

hostess list

Add a domain pointing to your machine to your hosts file

hostess add local.example.com 127.0.0.1

Remove a domain from your hosts file

hostess del local.example.com

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