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AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry

Known hosts blocklists that are made available to the users of AdGuard products

Is AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 9 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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Forks
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Open beginner issues
9
Indexed issues
48
Avg merge
1d 14h
Merged PRs (30d)
12
Dominant language
JavaScript
License
GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 6, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 13, 2026
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No contributing guide
Code of conduct
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How to contribute to AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's GPL-3.0 license.
  3. Pick one of the 9 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • allow igdb.com
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 61/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#939 ·

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  • Add HaGeZi LG webOS Native Tracker Blocklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#921 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

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  • False positive: speedcurve.com blocked on Default breaks video playback on bbc.com
    May be free again @Chinaski1 claimed this 30 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    bug

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#922 · 8 comments · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Add Hagezi's Social Networks DNS Blocklist
    Open
    blocklist

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#919 ·

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  • Add HaGeZi NSFW blocklist to the AdGuard DNS blocklist catalog
    Open
    blocklist

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 66/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#904 · 2 reactions ·

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  • Update Hagezi DNS filterlist from gitlab mirror
    Open
    service

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#902 ·

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  • Adding a Custom rules blocklist should not affect user limits
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#863 · 1 reaction ·

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  • Request to add PhishDestroy: Phishing & Scam Domain Blacklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#858 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • 1Hosts is presently languishing for want of active stewardship.
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#854 ·

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  • Block services Kinopoisk, Okko, Dzen, Rutube
    May be free again @Sergey-Lyapin claimed this 60 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Feature request

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#886 · 1 assignee ·

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  • The Block List Project
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 66/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#852 · 4 reactions ·

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  • toronto.ca
    May be free again @Sergey-Lyapin claimed this 56 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#901 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Parental category Drugs differentiation
    May be free again @Chinaski1 claimed this 126 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    bug question

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#888 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Request to add xRuffKez CTI (Cyber Threat Intelligence) Blocklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#825 · 3 comments · 6 reactions ·

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  • Upstream source unavailable, causing empty downstream compiled lists
    Open
    in progress

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#822 · 1 comment ·

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  • Add botnet-filter by malware-filter
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#799 · 1 reaction ·

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  • 对adguard的钓鱼与恶意保护功能的建议
    May be free again @Chinaski1 claimed this 193 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Feature request in progress

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#801 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Add ThreatFox (abuse.ch) Host File
    Open
    blocklist

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#794 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·

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  • Request to Import the Government Malicious Site List into AdGuard DNS
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#753 · 2 comments · 4 reactions ·

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  • Add a blocking option for "imo-International Calls & Chat - Apps" on the parental control
    May be free again @Chinaski1 claimed this 338 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Feature request

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#733 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Phishing links blocklist
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#727 · 1 reaction ·

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  • OISD NSFW
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#708 · 1 comment · 3 reactions ·

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  • Add Hagezi’s “Encrypted DNS Servers Only” list to AdGuard DNS as a separate option
    May be free again @Chinaski1 claimed this 386 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    Feature request in progress

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#707 · 4 reactions · 1 assignee ·

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  • Hagezi | Threat Intelligence Feeds - IPs
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#695 · 4 reactions ·

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  • ⚠️ Blocklists adding criteria - read before writing⚠️
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#680 · 2 reactions ·

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  • Request for Cryptocurrency Phishing Protection in AdGuard DNS
    Open
    in progress

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#668 · 1 comment · 8 reactions ·

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  • Include SemperVideo(RPiList) Blocklists
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#666 · 2 reactions ·

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  • Add BadBlock lists
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#654 · 8 reactions ·

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  • Add hagezi referral blacklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#649 ·

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  • Scam
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#645 · 2 reactions ·

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  • Create and add an allowlist/exception list for relaxed or trouble-free DNS blocking
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#609 · 3 comments · 6 reactions ·

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  • Blocking YouTube Service stops Paramount Plus as well
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#864 · 1 reaction ·

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  • Specifically Social Media Blocklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#583 ·

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  • Can You Add Honey to blocked services under parental Control in AdGuard Private DNS Account
    Open
    Feature request

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 32/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#885 · 8 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Add AI Blocklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#561 · 1 comment ·

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  • Add locales validate script
    Open
    Feature request Localizations

    Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#422 ·

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  • Improve locales scripts — use node scripts instead of bash ones
    Open
    enhancement Localizations

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#421 ·

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  • Add semantic groups to services.json?
    May be free again @jellizaveta claimed this 1079 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#382 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · 1 assignee ·

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  • Use yml file names as a single single source for `id`s in build services json file, get rid of extra `id` properties in every yml file
    May be free again @jellizaveta claimed this 1086 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#374 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Add tests for services scripts
    May be free again @jellizaveta claimed this 1093 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#360 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Add at least all Green entries from Fireborg to Blocklist
    Open
    blocklist in progress

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#240 · 5 comments ·

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  • Sonos apps blocked
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#882 · 2 comments ·

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  • Typosquatting false positives in AdGuard Personal DNS
    Possibly taken @Sergey-Lyapin claimed this 1 day ago. Open
    in progress

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

    AdguardTeam/HostlistsRegistry#899 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

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