SwitchHosts
App for managing and quickly switching hosts file entries, with remote hosts and a system tray menu
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
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About SwitchHosts
SwitchHosts is an app for managing your hosts file. It is built with Tauri and React, and it lets you organize system, local, remote, group and folder hosts entries and switch between them quickly.
You can switch from the main window or the system tray, refresh remote hosts manually, on a schedule or at startup, and import or export your hosts data. It helps anyone who regularly needs to change what domain names resolve to on their computer.
Highlights
- Manage system, local, remote, group and folder entries
- Switch from the main window or system tray
- Syntax highlighting and find-and-replace across entries
- Refresh remote hosts manually, on a schedule or at startup
- Import and export hosts data, including backups from a URL
- Trashcan to restore or delete removed entries
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 5.0.2
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2026
- Size
- 7.9 MB
- License
- Apache License 2.0
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v5.0.2
- Released
- Sep 3, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 27.3K
- Website
- switchhosts.app
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
PermissiveApache License 2.0
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays. Includes a patent grant.
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Signed by Hangzhou Tongming Technology Company Limited (J5J6USUX2F)
Apple Developer ID team J5J6USUX2F
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 d3203fb65f8bb008bb97007c2f5968379df3070733a03b256fc3664b00effd58
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 13, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
1 technical note
- allow-unsigned-executable-memory (allow-jit is safer)
Versions
5.0.2checked
Checked Oct 13, 2026 · Mac
DMG · 7.9 MB
Questions about SwitchHosts
Is SwitchHosts free?
Yes. SwitchHosts is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is SwitchHosts safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of SwitchHosts from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 5.0.2 (checked Oct 13, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does SwitchHosts run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. SwitchHosts has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does SwitchHosts need to run?
SwitchHosts needs macOS 10.15 or later.
Who makes SwitchHosts?
SwitchHosts is an open source project by oldj on GitHub (oldj/SwitchHosts). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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