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24 alternatives to Port Kill – A lightweight macOS status bar development port monitor
Port Kill helps you find and free ports and caches blocking your dev work. - treadiehq/port-kill
Port Kill is a macOS status bar application that monitors development ports. It runs lightweight in the background, allowing developers to quickly check which ports are in use and manage them directly from the menu… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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A command-line tool to kill processes and containers running on specified ports. - jkfran/killport
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An AI port manager for your Mac.
Aug 2026 · portradar.devmesh.xyz · its alternatives →
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Find, open and kill ports in a couple of clicks. Works with Node, Python, Ruby, PHP, HTTP and pretty much any process listening on a TCP port.
2019 · portmanager.app · its alternatives →
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Kill ports instantly on macOS. No terminal, no lsof,
Jun 2026 · mamawe.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Developer's best friend. Kill stubborn ports in one click.
Nov 2025 · portless.app · its alternatives →
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Portero▲166Know exactly what's running on every port of your Mac
Jul 2026 · porteroapp.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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Manfath▲3See every port. Kill what you don't need. Share the rest.
Apr 2026 · manfath.dev · its alternatives →
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Portia▲83The ultimate 1-click hunter for blocked macOS ports
Jun 2026 · getportia.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN - I’m the developer of PingStalker, a macOS utility I built to see what’s really happening on the LAN/WLAN. I live in the CLI, but when it came to discovery and monitoring, I found it limiting. So I built a GUI that brings my favorite tools together in one place. PingStalker started because I wanted to know if something on the network was scanning my machine. I also wanted quick access to core details—external IP, Wi-Fi data, and local topology. Then I wanted more: fast, reliable scans using ARP tables and ICMP. As a Wi-Fi engineer, I couldn’t stop there. I kept adding ways to…
Nov 2025 · pingstalker.com · its alternatives →
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is a tiny native macOS menu-bar app for local SSH port forwards. It has no external dependencies and runs natively.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built a small CLI tool that answers "what's using my port?" without the lsof/ss/netstat incantation dance.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MacMonitor▲106Real-time Apple Silicon system monitor for your menu bar
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Port Checker▲87simple tool to check open ports on your computer
2014 · portchecker.co · its alternatives →
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GitBar▲126Every pull request, one menubar. GitHub, GitLab & Azure
Apr 2026 · gitbar.app · its alternatives →
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Status Buddy▲141Keep track of Apple's system statuses right in your menu bar
2020 · insidegui.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Find, kill, and guard the processes on your ports
Jun 2026 · automatalabs.ca · its alternatives →
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