webgate is a simple tool that can block and unblock websites by editing your /etc/hosts file.
Installation:
npm install -g webgate
Usage:
sudo webgate block twitter.com www.facebook.com
sudo webgate unblock twitter.com www.facebook.com
webgate help
webgate requires sudo to edit /etc/hosts. This also prevents tampering by non-sudoers.
You can list as many host arguments as you'd like.
Note:
This tool is easily circumvented by using a proxy server and is provided without warranty. I mainly use it to kill distractions.
FAQs
Block and unblock websites using your /etc/hosts file.
The npm package webgate receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, webgate popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that webgate demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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