better-hosts

Dead simple DNS server using syntax similar to hosts file.

Motivations

hosts works well, until:

1. you need wildcard-based rules like 127.0.0.1 *.local-service.
2. you need ban rules like -example.com.
3. you need to share records in the hosts file to other devices.
4. you don't want to have to request administrator or root privileges every time you edit it.

better-hosts solves these problems by creating a DNS server that uses the hosts file.

Install

npm install --global better-hosts
# or
yarn global add better-hosts

Usage

Usage: better-hosts [options] <filename>

Options:
  -V, --version               output the version number
  --fallback-server <server>
  --timeout <seconds>          (default: "30")
  --port <port>                (default: "53")
  --log <level>                (default: "info")
  -h, --help                  display help for command

Example:

better-hosts hosts.txt \
  --fallback-server=1.1.1.1:53