Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install hostess

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#hostess

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ho/hostess/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S hostess

Arch Linux sync databases · hostess · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

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

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

hostess

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

hostess is a Go command-line utility for idempotently managing hosts-file entries. Its niche is deliberately small: add, remove, list, format, enable, disable, dump, and apply entries in `/etc/hosts` or the Windows hosts file without hand-editing the file.

Projektgeschichte

Chris Bednarski's README frames the motivation plainly: developers edit hosts files for development, testing, debugging, and production DNS failures, and manual edits are annoying. The project turns that workflow into a repeatable CLI suitable for Makefiles and deployment scripts.

The changelog shows the package starting with v0.1.0 in 2015, then adding build reliability, fixed-format checks, Windows support, Go module support, and a significant CLI/API cleanup in 2020.

Adoptionsgeschichte

hostess reached users through GitHub releases and package managers including Homebrew, Nix, and Arch. Its cross-platform behavior matters for adoption because the Unix hosts file and Windows hosts file have different paths and formatting expectations.

Wie es verwendet wird

Common usage is `hostess add name ip`, `hostess rm name`, `hostess ls`, `hostess off name`, `hostess on name`, `hostess fmt`, `hostess dump`, and `hostess apply`. The README notes that elevated privileges are required because hosts files are protected by the operating system.

Environment variables provide the small amount of configuration the tool needs: `HOSTESS_FMT` can override format detection and `HOSTESS_PATH` can override the hosts-file path.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

hostess is a tidy example of a package-manager-friendly utility: one small executable, obvious system integration, no daemon, and behavior that replaces a risky manual edit. The 2020 refactor is also package-relevant because it removed an external CLI dependency and modernized Go tooling.

Zeitleiste

2015: v0.1.0 initial release.
2016: v0.2.x vendors the CLI dependency for more reliable builds.
2018: v0.3.0 adds a fixed-format check and improves parsing failure behavior.
2020: v0.4.0 refactors the CLI/API, removes external dependency usage, and adds Go module support.
2020: v0.5.0 adds a Windows-specific hosts format.
2020: v0.5.2 fixes and clarifies duplicate/conflicting entry handling in format mode.

Related projects

The Unix `/etc/hosts` file and Windows `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts` file are the managed targets.
Other hosts-file editors and local-development DNS helpers are related by workflow.
Go module tooling is related through the v0.4.0 project modernization.

Quellen

CHANGELOG.md: release timeline and major behavior changes.
GitHub README: purpose, examples, hosts-file paths, environment variables, and privilege notes.
Homebrew input metadata: package-manager identity and ecosystem tags.

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 12 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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: /etc/hosts
Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`hostess`	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 generiert2026-09-19

Manager-Version0.5.2

Manager aktualisiert2026-09-12

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.5.2

https://github.com/cbednarski/hostess

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:hostess
Version	0.5.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hostess
Homepage	https://github.com/cbednarski/hostess
Repository	https://github.com/cbednarski/hostess
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/cbednarski/hostess/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.2.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-09-12T03:22:38Z
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	go
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	hostess
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

hostess

nix profile install nixpkgs#hostess

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Hostess

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

pacman95%

hostess 0.5.2-5

An idempotent command-line utility for managing your /etc/hosts file.

https://github.com/cbednarski/hostess

sudo pacman -S hostess

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Hostess

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

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

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.

combined/hostess.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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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
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

hostess mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman installieren