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hostflip for Mac

Hosts switcher that flips between /etc/hosts profiles from the menu bar — no password prompt, no web view.

By heronapp. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

hostflip at a glance

Version
0.5.1
Released
21 September 2026
Download size
3.5 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Security and Privacy
Developer
heronapp
GitHub stars
19

About hostflip

Native macOS hosts switcher — flip /etc/hosts profiles from the menu bar, zero prompts after a one-time approval

Screenshots

hostflip screenshot 1hostflip screenshot 2

How to install hostflip on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for hostflip and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.5.1 from heronapp's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to hostflip show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Hostflip-0.5.1.dmg (3.5 MB).

What is new in hostflip 0.5.1

## What's Changed
* docs: refresh the main window screenshot by @heronapp in https://github.com/heronapp/hostflip/pull/42
* build: record the real SDK version in the linked binaries by @heronapp in https://github.com/heronapp/hostflip/pull/47
* fix: polish menu bar windows and failure copy by @heronapp in https://github.com/heronapp/hostflip/pull/46
* build: bump version to 0.5.1 by @heronapp in https://github.com/heronapp/hostflip/pull/48

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/heronapp/hostflip/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1

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