Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Portlivo
Every local dev server on your Mac, in the menu bar
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites.
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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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Localdockfrom $9/mo▲121Localdock is a macOS menubar app that assigns a permanent, human-readable address to each local project so your dev servers dont collide on ports and your URLs stay stable. Use the same name on localhost, across your Wi-Fi to test on a phone, or via a temporary public HTTPS link
Aug 2026 · localdock.dev · its alternatives →
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Port Kill helps you find and free ports and caches blocking your dev work. - treadiehq/port-kill
2025 · github.com · 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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2017 · mobilejazz.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…
2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →
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ExtraBar▲152Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…
Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →
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MacMenuBar▲317A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps
2019 · macmenubar.com · 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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Gojo▲67Local dictation and everyday Mac tools in your notch
Sep 2026 · trygojo.com · its alternatives →
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Thaw▲122The only app that owns your whole menu bar, in and out
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mermaid▲59Tell your Mac what to do. From literally anywhere
6d ago · addmermaid.com · its alternatives →
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Turfs▲102Keep content across your Mac organized in defined areas
Sep 2026 · bloosoftware.com · 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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