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Show HN: Port Kill – A lightweight macOS status bar development port monitor

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🚧 Port Kill

A lightweight macOS status bar app that monitors and manages development processes running on ports 2000-6000. The app provides real-time process detection and allows you to kill individual processes or all processes at once.

Features

Real-time Monitoring : Scans ports 2000-6000 every 5 seconds using lsof commands

: Scans ports 2000-6000 every 5 seconds using commands Visual Status Bar Icon : Shows process count with color-coded center (green=0, red=1-9, orange=10+)

: Shows process count with color-coded center (green=0, red=1-9, orange=10+) Dynamic Context Menu : Updates every 3 seconds with current processes and kill options

: Updates every 3 seconds with current processes and kill options One-Click Process Killing : Click any menu item to kill all detected processes

: Click any menu item to kill all detected processes Safe Process Termination : Uses SIGTERM → SIGKILL termination strategy

: Uses SIGTERM → SIGKILL termination strategy Stable Architecture : Built with winit event loop for macOS compatibility

: Built with winit event loop for macOS compatibility Graceful Error Handling : Handles permission errors and process failures

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