Hosts File Editor

Hosts File Editor 1.5.2

Easily edit and manage the hosts file

  • By Scott Lerch
  • GNU General Public Licen
  • Updated Jul 11, 2026
Download for Windows

About Hosts File Editor

Easily edit and manage the hosts file

What's new in 1.5.2

A small maintenance patch on top of 1.4.0. Classic 1.4.0 → 1.4.1, modern 1.1.0 → 1.1.1.
Fixes
• Classic:after moving a row, the current-row anchor could drift onto a different entry (the grid keeps the current cell at a fixed row index across the reorder), so a following Insert Above/Below or Move acted on the wrong entry. The anchor is now restored by identity after a move. (#78)
• Modern:a filter-membership change under a very large (>20K-row) selection no longer filters the whole (~400K-entry) list a second time during the rebind. (#74)
Classic (portable, signed):download a zip below, unzip, and run — self-contained (no runtime to install), runs as a standard user, elevates on demand (one UAC prompt) only when saving. Modern installs and auto-updates from the Microsoft Store.

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Technical details

PublisherScott Lerch
Version1.5.2
Release date2026-07-11
LicenseGNU General Public License v3.0
Installer typezip
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDscottlerch.hosts-file-editor

Links & install command

Install Hosts File Editor from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=scottlerch.hosts-file-editor -e

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Older versions

  • 1.4.1
  • 1.2.0