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👋 ADios — Say Goodbye to Ads

The Ultimate Hosts-Based Blocklist. One List. Every Device. Zero Nonsense.

Block ads on Twitch, Spotify, YouTube, and pretty much everywhere else — using a simple list your computer already understands.

No apps to install. No subscriptions. Just copy, paste, and breathe easier.

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✨ What Is This? (In Plain English)

ADios is a giant list of ad and tracker addresses that your computer can use to block them before they load.

• 🧹 One list — We merge dozens of trusted blocklists (AdAway, Steven Black, AdGuard, and more) into a single, clean file.
• 🚫 Whitelist included — Important stuff (like making Spotify actually play music) is not blocked.
• 🔄 Auto-updated every day — A robot on GitHub rebuilds the list daily. You get the latest blocks without lifting a finger.
• 📂 Standard format — Works with your system hosts file, Pi-hole, AdGuard, DNSMasq, and similar tools.

You don’t need to be a nerd. You just need to copy one file to the right place. We’ll show you exactly where.

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🔄 How It Works

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    A[📋 Blocklist URLs] --> B[🔄 GitHub Action]
    C[📄 Your Lists] --> B
    B --> D[🧹 Merge & Clean]
    D --> E[✅ Whitelist]
    E --> F[📁 hosts file]
    F --> G[🚀 Push to Repo]
    style B fill:#2ea043
    style F fill:#0969da

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Step	What happens
1️⃣	Every day, GitHub runs a small program that fetches all the blocklists we use.
2️⃣	It merges them, removes duplicates, and cleans the format.
3️⃣	It removes any domain on our whitelist (so Spotify, Twitch, etc. keep working).
4️⃣	It writes the result into the hosts file and pushes it to this repo.
5️⃣	You (or your Pi-hole, etc.) use that hosts file. Ads and trackers get blocked. ✨

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📥 Download & Install (Step by Step)

🪟 Windows

Step	What to do
1	Click this link to open the list: Download the hosts file.
2	Press Ctrl + A to select all, then Ctrl + C to copy.
3	Open Notepad as Administrator (right‑click Notepad → “Run as administrator”).
4	Go to File → Open and navigate to: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\
5	In the file type dropdown, choose “All Files (.)” so you can see hosts.
6	Open hosts. Make a backup first (e.g. copy the file and name it hosts.backup).
7	Scroll to the bottom of the file. Paste the copied list there. Save and close.
8	Clear your browser cache (or restart the browser). Done! 🎉

⚠️ Important: Always keep a backup of your original hosts file. If something goes wrong, you can restore it.

🍎 macOS / 🐧 Linux

Step	What to do
1	Download: hosts file (right‑click → Save As, or copy the raw content).
2	Open Terminal. Back up your current hosts file: sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.backup
3	Append the list to your hosts file (replace with your download path if needed):
	sudo sh -c 'curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexRabbit/ADios/master/hosts >> /etc/hosts'
4	Or manually: open /etc/hosts in an editor with sudo, paste at the bottom, save.
5	Clear browser cache. Done! 🎉

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🛡️ What Gets Blocked

Category	What it means
📺 Ads & trackers	Common ad and analytics domains from the included lists.
📡 Streaming ads	Twitch, YouTube (e.g. Samsung TV app), and similar ad domains.
🎵 In‑app ads	Spotify, Deezer, and other in‑app ad endpoints where possible.
🦠 Malware & abuse	Domains from URLhaus and similar abuse lists.
📧 Scam / spam	Scam and spam domains from the included sources.
🔞 Adult ads	Adult ad networks (not adult content itself).

Whitelisted domains (e.g. core Spotify/Twitch domains needed for playback) are removed from the list so services keep working. ✅

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✅ Compatibility

Use case	What to use
🪟 Windows / 🍎 macOS / 🐧 Linux	hosts — copy into your system hosts file (see Download & Install).
🛡️ AdGuard / AdGuard Home	Use the hosts file URL or import the list; AdGuard supports hosts-style blocklists.

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❓ FAQ

🔄 How often is the list updated?

Every day. A GitHub Action runs at midnight UTC, rebuilds the list from all sources, and pushes the new hosts file to this repo. You can re-download or re-pull the list anytime.

🚫 Will this break Spotify / Twitch / YouTube?

We use a whitelist so that the domains those services need to work (playback, login, etc.) are not blocked. We only block ad and tracking domains. If something breaks, you can open an issue and we can add a domain to the whitelist.

📁 Where is my hosts file?

• Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
• macOS / Linux: /etc/hosts

Open it with a text editor (as Administrator on Windows, or with sudo on macOS/Linux).

🔒 Is this safe?

The list is built from well-known, community-maintained blocklists (AdAway, Steven Black, AdGuard, OISD, etc.). The build runs on GitHub’s servers and the result is plain text. You can inspect the script (build_hosts.py) and the source lists (blacklist.txt) in this repo.

📥 Do I need to update it myself?

The file on GitHub updates automatically every day. To get the latest list on your device, you can re-download and replace (or re-append) the hosts file from time to time, or use a tool that pulls the list by URL (e.g. Pi-hole).

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📜 License & Thanks

• License: GPL-3.0. Same for the build script and config; upstream lists keep their respective licenses.
• Sources: This list aggregates from public, community-maintained blocklists (AdAway, Steven Black, AdGuard, OISD, FadeMind, URLhaus, and others). See blacklist.txt in the repo for the full URL list. We don’t control those projects; we merge, deduplicate, and whitelist.

Backup hosts file (Windows): winhelp2002.mvps.org — keep a clean copy before making changes.

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ADios — one list, auto-updated, for hosts-based blocking everywhere.

👋 ADios, ads.