PortKiller
Lists listening ports with their processes so you can stop them, and manages Kubernetes port forwards from the menu bar.
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- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- productdevbook
- Verified
- 2026
About PortKiller
PortKiller answers the familiar "address already in use" problem without a trip to lsof. It finds every listening TCP port, shows which process owns it, and stops that process gracefully or forcefully with a click. Ports can be searched, grouped by kind, starred as favorites, or added to a watch list that sends notifications.
It also starts and supervises kubectl port-forward sessions, reconnecting them when they drop, and shows active Cloudflare Tunnel connections. On the Mac it runs from the menu bar; a Windows version is also available. Downloads are on GitHub releases and in Homebrew.
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- Source code
- productdevbook/port-killer
- License
- MIT
- Website
- github.com
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- github.com/productdevbook/port-killer
- github.com/productdevbook/port-killer/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/productdevbook/port-killer/releases
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/portkiller
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