What does whatport do?

Whatport focuses on identifying and stopping processes that occupy TCP or UDP ports. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.

Who should use whatport?

whatport is an open-source project built for developers and system administrators.

Does whatport have a free plan?

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

What platforms does whatport run on?

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

Is whatport still active?

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

What are alternatives to whatport?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include whoport, portctl, and kport.

Who develops whatport?

whatport is developed by rvben.

How long has whatport been around?

whatport first shipped in 2026.

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whatport

Name: whatport
Author: rvben

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whatport is a command-line utility that identifies processes listening on TCP or UDP ports and can terminate them to free those ports. It supports agent-friendly JSON output when piped and is intended for developers and system administrators.

Open SourceMITCLISelf-hosted

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Overview

5 features

whatport sits in PulseGate's CLI tools & terminal category. It focuses on identifying and stopping processes that occupy TCP or UDP ports. whatport is an open-source project aimed at developers and system administrators. whatport is open source under the MIT license. It runs on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

rvben builds and maintains whatport, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 5 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 5 catalogued features are port process lookup, TCP port support, and UDP port support.

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

Port process lookup
TCP port support
UDP port support
Process termination
JSON output

Built with & integrations

Runs on

CLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

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Frequently asked questions about whatport

What does whatport do?: Whatport focuses on identifying and stopping processes that occupy TCP or UDP ports. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.
Who should use whatport?: whatport is an open-source project built for developers and system administrators.
Does whatport have a free plan?: Yes — whatport is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does whatport run on?: whatport runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is whatport still active?: The GitHub repository shows 5 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to whatport?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include whoport, portctl, and kport.whoport portctl kport
Who develops whatport?: whatport is developed by rvben.
How long has whatport been around?: whatport first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: MIT
First seen: 14 Aug 2026
Built for: developers and system administrators
Model: Open source
Solves: Identifying and stopping processes that occupy TCP or UDP ports.

Registered as

GitHub: rvben/whatport
PyPI: whatport

Developer

rvben

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

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Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 13 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 5
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.1.1 · 13 Aug 2026

Index record

Indexed: 14 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 14 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: whatport-pypi-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 14 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: 14 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/whatport

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