LiveHosts

Name: LiveHosts
Rating: 3.225 (40 reviews)
Author: Aioros

Switch your host/IP mappings in real time without editing your hosts file

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LiveHosts is a powerful Chrome extension designed for web developers who manage multiple website environments sharing the same hostnames. It enables real-time switching of host/IP mappings without the need to edit your OS hosts file, which can be slow to take effect in browsers. Unlike traditional methods, LiveHosts redirects requests by appending the hostname after the IP address in the URL (e.g., http://127.0.0.1/www.example.com/), which helps streamline testing across development, staging, and production environments.

While this approach is innovative, it carries some caveats: the domain reflected in the browser changes, potentially causing differences in webpage elements referencing the site URL, altered JavaScript behaviors due to different window.location values, and Cross-Origin request limitations. Despite these minor issues, LiveHosts offers a convenient and efficient solution to handling multiple host assignments in Chrome, significantly reducing developer friction during testing.

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By:

Aioros

Users:

10,000

Rating:

3.23

(40)

Version:

2.0.0 Last updated: 2022-03-29

Creation date:

2019-08-05

Risk:

Permissions:

declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
scripting
storage

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size:

57.78KB

Email:

ai*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

14 hours ago

Ranking

# 8,247 ▲ 169

Other rankings

#1680 in Developer Tools ▼ 1

#107 in ip keyword 34 ▼ 1

#172 in switch keyword 28 ▲ 2

#223 in file keyword 55 ▲ 5

#255 in request keyword 21 ▼ 7

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LiveHosts (v1.1.3)

1,168 3.24

(33)

User reviews

Pros

Acts as a convenient alternative to editing the hosts file.
Allows viewing of different versions of the same domain in different tabs.
Helpful for web developers when building and testing websites.

Cons

Does not work on Chrome but functions well on Firefox.
Rewrites the URL, which can cause issues with SSL certificates.
Lacks an enable/disable feature for records, making it cumbersome to use.

Recent reviews

К сожалению, не работает плагин.

Ек*****, 2024-09-26

Не работает.

Дм*****, 2024-08-08

Doesn't work on chrome. Does work on Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/livehosts/. Can this extension be fixed on chrome? I will adjust my review if it works.

Je*****, 2024-06-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

LiveHosts requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

LiveHosts has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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