portrm

Portrm is a command-line tool designed to address port conflicts and process management issues commonly encountered during software development. Built in Rust as a lightweight native binary with zero dependencies, it helps developers quickly identify and resolve situations where ports are occupied by unknown or zombie processes, preventing stack chaos and minimizing downtime.

js, Vite, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and others. Portrm features a three-tier safety system that blocks termination of critical system processes, warns of potential data loss when interacting with databases, and approves safe termination of development servers. It can automatically restart servers after clearing ports and supports graceful shutdowns with SIGTERM, using force only when necessary.

toml), allowing users to define and manage services, ports, environment variables, and readiness checks. With commands like 'ptrm up', developers can start all defined services with preflight checks, while 'ptrm down' stops them cleanly. The tool supports profiles for switching between development, staging, and production environments, and includes a doctor mode to scan for and clean up zombie processes and idle servers. Additional features include continuous monitoring and auto-recovery of servers, an interactive terminal UI for browsing and managing ports, preflight port checks, a CI/CD mode with JSON output, port grouping by service role, live log streaming from processes, and history analytics to track recurring conflicts.

Delivery is available as a CLI for macOS, Linux, and Windows, and there is full integration with Visual Studio Code via an extension that provides a sidebar dashboard for managing services and ports directly within the editor. Portrm is positioned as an alternative to traditional tools like lsof, offering a more user-friendly and automated approach to resolving port and process issues in development environments.