LocalPorts

LocalPorts is a native macOS menu bar app for starting, monitoring, and organizing localhost services without babysitting terminal tabs.

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Platform: macOS 13.0+

Format: Menu Bar App

Pricing: Free + Pro

License: $19 lifetime / 2 Macs

Core Details

Name: LocalPorts
Platform: macOS 13.0+
Category: Developer Tools
Price: Free + Pro $19 lifetime
Language: English

What It Does

LocalPorts keeps your local stack in the menu bar so you can launch services, watch their health, inspect logs, switch project profiles, and react to crashes from a single native macOS utility.

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Features

Menu bar app with no Dock presence and one-click service controls
Real-time health monitoring for localhost ports and full health-check URLs
Optional start commands with working directory support for managed services
Profiles for grouping services by project, client, or environment
Live stdout and stderr log viewer for managed processes
Port conflict warnings plus open-in-browser shortcuts
Pro features for unlimited profiles, export/import, themes, and menu bar badge
Crash notifications, optional auto-restart, webhooks, and iCloud Sync in Pro

Service Coverage

Monitor Targets

localhost ports custom health-check URLs Node.js dev servers Python APIs Rails apps Docker-backed services databases proxies

Core Controls

start stop restart force quit open in browser show project folder live logs profile switching

Pro Features

unlimited profiles export / import custom themes menu bar badge persistent health history auto-restart on crash iCloud Sync

Notification Targets

native macOS alerts Slack webhooks Discord webhooks Microsoft Teams webhooks custom JSON webhooks

Privacy-first defaults: no telemetry no analytics local JSON configuration iCloud uses your own Apple account