Hosts

Built-in Hosts

Assign fixed IP addresses to download domains with built-in hosts settings.

Current Version

Windows
2.0.9.5 · 2025-05-18
Windows XP
1.0.3.2 · Maintenance ended
macOS
2.0.2.3 · Intel / Apple Silicon
Protocols
HTTP · HTTPS · FTP · BT · Magnet

Built-in Hosts

The built-in hosts feature works like the system hosts file. It is useful when you cannot change system settings but need a download domain to connect to specific IP addresses.

Settings - Advanced Settings - Custom hosts

Built-in hosts settings

One domain can map to multiple IP addresses. XDown polls those IPs during download requests.

Restart XDown after changing hosts. Once configured, XDown connects to the specified hosts entries instead of the IP returned by DNS.