HostAdmin App
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Saving your time when you switch domain-ip mapping (Hosts file) between different environment. Awesome host file editor !
HostAdmin Chrome port (App Version)
Saving your time when you switch domain-ip mapping between different environment
Firefox Version
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hostadmin/
Introduction
HostAdmin is a Firefox Addon , that helps you modify the Hosts file , switch domain-ip mapping. HostAdmin can understand your Hosts file via a enhanced Hosts file syntax.
In additional, HostAdmin refresh your DNS cache automaticlly whenever you change your Hosts file, even manually.
How does HostAdmin analyze the Hosts file
Common
IP DOMAIN [#COMMENT]
127.0.0.1 localhost #comment here
when comment is 'hide' (case-insensitive), that line would not display in menu.
Grouping
#==== Project 1
#127.0.0.1 localhost1
127.0.0.1 localhost2
127.0.0.1 localhost3
#====
#==== Project 2
#127.0.0.1 localhost1
#127.0.0.1 localhost2
#127.0.0.1 localhost3
#====
Syntax detail
http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/HOST_SYNTAX
Switching Hosts using HostAdmin
By using HostAdmin to switch Hosts, the Hosts need to be written access.
XP users need NO additional setting
Here is a guide for you to gain write privilege for Vista/7/Linux users
http://code.google.com/p/fire-hostadmin/wiki/GAIN_HOSTS_WRITE_PERM
Switch Hosts Manually
The Hosts might be switched manually
If they do so
HostAdmin will refresh DNS immediately
Latest reviews
- Anthony Morassutti
- DOesn't work with chromeos.
- Walter Antolini
- Need administrator permissions for edit system hosts file; i can edit it also without use this extension
- M. Helena Silva
- It does not work on MAC!!!
- Yuriy Surkov
- I am using Mac + Chrome (v 54.0.2..) HostAdmin Icon does not appear on Chrome toolbar :( Cannot use it. In Firefox this app works fine
- Ning Cao
- good!
- Norris Shelton, Jr
- Chrome on Mac works well now. I wish the groups defaulted to being at the top, but it's a simple arrow-click away to move them to the top.
- Rowan Hughes
- It says it compatible with my device but does not work with Chromebooks. only standard Linux, mac and windows. bummer, i was hoping to have something like this for chromeos
- Тодор Цветков
- What was wrong with the extension? I have to open another window to see hosts, that not cool! Firefox extension is much better, this here sucks.
- Todd Moore
- I like being able to quickly enable and disable entries in my hosts file. I don't like that it hides the comments I write into my hosts file. Overall, it is a touch better than editing in Notepad++
- TJ GeNeRaL
- it tried to get me to delete system 32 witch is the startup file on your windows computer im at school currently and these computers can be up to 700 too 800 dollars i would recomend looking aat the rates before anything bad happens to any of you guys good luck
- Quan Truong Manh
- Really helpful when debugging our product on load balancing servers.
- Steve Martin
- Yes its a downgrade from the original, but its not really the devs fault google decided to axe npapi from the browser. I would like to see a button in the browser to open this new version, rather then having to goto the apps screen would be nice. As well as my suggestion I added to have groups stay at the top of the list
- Florian RIVAL
- Easy extension when you need to change the IP of a domain for development purpose.
- Tom Van Damme
- very useful!
- Kelum Suranga Karunathilaka
- good
- Zhu Zhe
- hard to use... please rollback....
- 崔暝霄
- Stupid developer!!!
- san kumar
- amazing!
- John Farrar
- Does not show access to a directory with hosts file in it.
- Jayadev Neduvachalil
- Icon next to the URL bar is missing in the app. It was there in the extension, Which really helped to know the IP.
- Mike Funk
- This is a large step backward from the hostadmin extension. You can't see contextually which IP the current domain is being resolved to because there is no icon next to the URL bar. It also requires more steps to get to or it hogs a space in my dock. 2 stars because it at least works.
- Vlatko Šurlan
- The old way with an icon was waaaay more usable. Why convert a simple thing like this into an app? Just a degradation really.