Observed arrival · 2026-10-03
portbar: dev servers, traced to their projects
A free macOS menu bar app that groups local dev servers by repository, worktree, and branch, and can stop processes or run project scripts.
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- For
- Mac developers juggling multiple local dev servers
- Worth noticing
- It reads .git directly, groups linked worktrees by repository, and folds child processes into one service row.
Field notes
The homepage says portbar walks up from a process's folder to read .git, without launching a git process. Linked worktrees appear under their repository with their branch, while projects outside repositories can be grouped separately. Its example panel also distinguishes detached and high-CPU services, and shows pinning projects so they keep their place even when stopped.
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