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Port Radar for macOS

Ask AI what's running on your Mac; see, stop, and share local servers from your menu bar.

Free & open sourceApache 2.0macOS 14+Uses Apple Intelligence
Category
Developer Tools / macOS Utility / Local Networking
Business model
No visible monetization. Free open-source developer utility; likely intended for adoption, GitHub stars, community goodwill, or a future paid product.
Target audience
macOS web developers running local dev servers such as Next.js, Vite, Python, or Docker; also developers who need to share local previews.
Opportunity score
44/100

A polished free open-source utility with real developer pain and strong UX, but no visible revenue model, so the business opportunity is moderate until monetization or a paid adjacent product is proven.

Founder verdict
MAYBE

Port Radar is a useful open-source utility but not yet a business; its real value is as a wedge into paid team local preview and port governance.

What is Port Radar for macOS?

Port Radar is a free, open-source macOS menu bar utility that surfaces every localhost server listening on a Mac, groups processes by project, lets developers stop or force quit them, and adds an on-device Apple Intelligence layer to explain what each process is and whether it is safe to stop. It also offers one-click Cloudflare Tunnel sharing for local previews. The website frames it around a clear daily developer pain: forgotten Vite servers, mystery ports, and random node processes eating CPU. Revenue, growth, and team size are not publicly disclosed, and no pricing page or paid plan is visible. As a product, it is polished and strongly positioned; as a business, it currently behaves like an open-source utility or top-of-funnel tool rather than a monetized startup.

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