Venture · 2026
Porrter
The Mac app for your local servers — every dev server in your menu bar, with its owner, port, memory, and network exposure.
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Founder · Design + Build
Year
2026
Type
macOS app
Stack
Swift, SwiftUI
Why I built it
Running several projects at once, it’s easy to lose track of which dev server is on which port, what’s still alive, and what’s quietly eating memory — the usual answer is hunting through lsof and Activity Monitor. I wanted all of it one click away in the menu bar.
What it solves
Local development sprawls — frameworks, Docker services, and background listeners all bind ports, and there’s no single place to see who owns what, whether it’s exposed to the network, or how much memory it’s holding.
What it does
- Groups every running server by app, with its port, memory, and live status.
- Shows per-server vitals — uptime, CPU, memory, energy, localhost binding, and HTTP status.
- Identifies which app, repo, branch, or Docker service owns each port.
- Warns when a port is exposed to the network (bound to 0.0.0.0) instead of localhost.
- Reclaims memory from idle listeners in one click.
Results
Free on macOS 14+ — signed, notarized, and auto-updating.