HostsTool-v1.9.8-SE-beta.5

This is the Second Edition of HostsTool v1.9.8 beta. Fixed update issue recently started in Mainland China.

Issue Fixed(v1.9.8-SE-beta.5):

• Solved "Unable fetching update data file" problem from servers recently blocked in Chinese Mainland by using https URLs.

Features:

• Hosts Setup Utility for Windows(x86/x64) users
• Hosts Setup Utility for Linux/X11 users
• Hosts Setup Utility for Mac OS X users
• Tools to backup/restore hosts file (GUI only)

HostsTool-v1.9.8-beta.4

New Features(v1.9.8-beta.4):

• Add Text-based User Interface(TUI) mode for non-graphical environment like Linux servers.
• Provide support for user customized hosts list by "custom.hosts" file.
• Fix privilege issue while editing metadata of the hosts file in some Linux distributions,
• Fix compatibility issue on OS X 10.9.x.
• Reorganized the structure of Hosts Setup Utility.
• Provide full developer documentation at https://hosts.huhamhire.com/document/.

Features:

• Hosts Setup Utility for Windows(x86/x64) users
• Hosts Setup Utility for Linux/X11 users
• Hosts Setup Utility for Mac OS X users
• Tools to backup/restore hosts file (GUI only)

HostsUtl-v1.9.7-beta.3

Using Python and QT, we designed this new Hosts Setup Utility GUI tool for desktop users.

New Features(v1.9.7-beta.3):

• Designed a new dark theme as the default UI theme.
• Replaced the method for checking file privilege in POSIX systems.
• Fixed some issues of the language files.
• Some other improvements.

Features:

• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Windows(x86/x64) users
• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Linux/X11 users
• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Mac OS X users
• Tools to backup/restore hosts file

HostsUtl-v1.9.6-beta.2

Using Python and QT, we designed this new Hosts Setup Utility GUI tool for desktop users.

New Features(v1.9.6-beta.2):

• Support exporting hosts file to a specified path.
• The exported file could be encoded in utf-8 or ansi.

Features:

• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Windows(x86/x64) users
• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Linux/X11 users
• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Mac OS X users
• Tools to backup/restore hosts file

HostsUtl-v1.9.5-beta.1

Using Python and QT, we designed this new Hosts Setup Utility GUI tool for desktop users.

Features:

• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Windows(x86/x64) users
• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Linux/X11 users
• GUI Hosts Setup Utility for Mac OS X users
• Tools to backup/restore hosts file