portpilot 0.1.1

Interactive terminal port manager for developers

🛫 PortPilot

Interactive terminal port manager for developers

Tired of running lsof -i :3000 and then kill -9 <pid> every time? PortPilot gives you a beautiful TUI to see all listening ports and kill them with a keystroke.

✨ Features

• 🖥️ Interactive TUI - Navigate with keyboard, search, and kill processes instantly
• 🔍 Real-time filtering - Filter by port, process name, or PID
• 🎨 Syntax highlighting - Common dev ports (3000, 8000, 5432, etc.) are color-coded
• ⚡ Quick commands - CLI mode for scripting and one-liners
• 📊 Detailed info - See memory usage, start time, command line, and more
• 👀 Watch mode - Monitor specific ports in real-time

📦 Installation

pip install portpilot

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/emre/portpilot.git
cd portpilot
pip install -e .

🚀 Usage

Interactive TUI

Just run:

portpilot
# or use the short alias
pp

Keyboard shortcuts:

Key	Action
↑/↓	Navigate
k	Kill selected process (SIGTERM)
K	Force kill (SIGKILL)
r	Refresh list
f or /	Focus filter
Esc	Clear filter
q	Quit

CLI Commands

# List all listening ports
portpilot list
pp list

# Filter by port
pp list -p 3000

# Filter by name
pp list -n python

# Output as JSON (great for scripting)
pp list --json

# Kill a specific port
pp kill 3000

# Force kill
pp kill 3000 -f

# Skip confirmation
pp kill 3000 -y

# Kill multiple ports
pp killall 3000 8000 5432

# Get detailed info about a port
pp info 3000

# Watch specific ports
pp watch 3000 8000

# Watch all ports
pp watch

🎨 Port Colors

PortPilot highlights common development ports:

Color	Ports	Common Use
🟢 Green	3000, 3001	React, Next.js
🟡 Yellow	8000, 8080	Django, General
🔵 Cyan	5000, 5001	Flask
🟣 Magenta	5432	PostgreSQL
🔴 Red	6379	Redis

🔧 Examples

Quick port cleanup before starting dev server

pp kill 3000 -y && npm run dev

Find what's using a port

pp info 8000

Kill all common dev ports

pp killall 3000 3001 8000 8080 5000 -y

Script integration

# Check if port is in use
if pp list -p 3000 --json | jq -e '.[0]' > /dev/null; then
    echo "Port 3000 is in use"
fi

🛠️ Development

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/emre/portpilot.git
cd portpilot

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black portpilot/
ruff check portpilot/

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

How to contribute

1. Fork the repository and create a feature branch:

• git checkout -b feature/my-change

2. Set up a virtual environment and install dev dependencies:

• python -m venv venv
• Activate it (Windows: venv\Scripts\activate, macOS/Linux: source venv/bin/activate)
• pip install -e ".[dev]"

3. Run checks before opening a PR:

• pytest
• ruff check portpilot/
• black portpilot/

4. Open a Pull Request against main and describe:

• What changed and why
• How to test it locally

Maintainer: Emre Çalışkan

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Made with ❤️ for developers who are tired of port conflicts