Who should use portauth?

portauth is an open-source project built for developers.

Does portauth have a free plan?

Yes — portauth is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does portauth run on?

portauth runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

Is portauth still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 5 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to portauth?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include git-build-commit, funkuino, and click-docs.

Who develops portauth?

portauth is developed by tyy130.

How long has portauth been around?

portauth first shipped in 2026.

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portauth

Name: portauth
Author: tyy130

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portauth is a centralized port allocation daemon and associated tools. Agents and scripts request available ports from the daemon rather than hardcoding values or using unreliable guessing methods. It is distributed as a Python package with an MIT license and is primarily intended for developers building distributed systems or services that require coordinated port management.

Open SourceMITCLISelf-hosted

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Overview

3 features

portauth sits in PulseGate's Other dev tools category. It focuses on hardcoding or randomly guessing network ports in distributed agents and scripts. portauth is an open-source project aimed at developers. The project is open source (MIT). It runs on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

It is developed by tyy130, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 5 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include centralized port allocation, port request API, and MIT licensed.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Centralized port allocation
Port request API
MIT licensed

Built with & integrations

Runs on

CLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

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Frequently asked questions about portauth

What is portauth?: Portauth focuses on hardcoding or randomly guessing network ports in distributed agents and scripts. It is catalogued under Other dev tools on PulseGate.
Who should use portauth?: portauth is an open-source project built for developers.
Does portauth have a free plan?: Yes — portauth is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does portauth run on?: portauth runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is portauth still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 5 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to portauth?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include git-build-commit, funkuino, and click-docs.git-build-commit funkuino click-docs
Who develops portauth?: portauth is developed by tyy130.
How long has portauth been around?: portauth first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Platforms: Cli
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: MIT
First seen: 1 Aug 2026
Built for: developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Hardcoding or randomly guessing network ports in distributed agents and scripts.

Registered as

GitHub: tyy130/port-authority
PyPI: portauth

Developer

tyy130

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 1 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 5
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.1.0 · 1 Aug 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Low · 64
Indexed: 1 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 1 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: portauth-pypi-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 1 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 1 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/portauth

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