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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
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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