Port Kill Alternatives

Port Kill is described as 'A lightweight macOS status bar app that monitors and manages development processes running on ports 2000-6000. The app provides real-time process detection and allows you to kill individual processes or all processes at once' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Port Kill for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Flathub, Mac and Unraid apps. The best Port Kill alternative is PortKiller, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Port Kill are Tauno Monitor, Serial Port Monitor, Advanced Serial Port Monitor and portracker.

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  1. PortKiller icon

    PortKiller

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    Advanced multi-OS desktop tool for monitoring and managing local TCP ports, identifying bound processes, watching ports for notifications, handling Cloudflare Tunnels, filtering and pinning, managing Kubernetes port-forwards with logs, plus real-time process termination.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • PortKiller is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Port Kill.

    • PortKiller is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Port Kill.

    • PortKiller is Free and Open SourcePort Kill is also Free and Open Source
  2. Tauno Monitor icon

    Tauno Monitor

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    A Simple stand-alone serial port monitor for the GNOME desktop. It aims to be beginner friendly, small and easy to use. Not feature-rich and professional. Remembers the last settings (Theme, Baud Rate, Port etc.).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    • Tauno Monitor is the most popular Linux alternative to Port Kill.

    • Tauno Monitor is Free and Open SourcePort Kill is also Free and Open Source
  4. Serial Port Monitor icon

    Serial Port Monitor

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    Displays, logs, and analyzes serial data from RS232/422/485 ports in real-time, features terminal emulation, customizable interface, advanced configuration, monitoring filters, session save and reload, data format switching, and detailed I/O control code recording.

    12 Serial Port Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Serial Port Monitor is the most popular commercial alternative to Port Kill.

    • Serial Port Monitor is Paid and ProprietaryPort Kill is Free and Open Source
  5. Advanced Serial Port Monitor icon

    Advanced Serial Port Monitor

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    This program allows you to check the flow of data through a computer's COM ports. As you can see from software name this application can work as serial port monitor. It supports full duplex mode, flexible adjusting of parameters, output received data to file, automatic and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. portracker icon

    portracker

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    A self-hosted, real-time port monitoring and discovery tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • TrueNAS
    • Unraid
    • Synology C2
    • Ubuntu Server
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    • portracker is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Port Kill.

    • portracker is Free and Open SourcePort Kill is also Free and Open Source
  7. NovoTerm icon

    NovoTerm

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    If you're a firmware developer or an embedded software developer then this tool has been made for you. This modernly designed desktop application serves as a development tool to help view serial data on your COM port.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Listen32 icon

    Listen32

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    Listen32 tap into RS-232 transmit signals for monitoring bi-directional communications between two devices. Two COM ports are used in the listening device, the receive line of each connected to the transmit line of one of the communicating devices.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Bill Serial Port Monitor icon

    Bill Serial Port Monitor

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    Free Software to monitor (bi-directional) Serial Port communication RS232 between two devices, use our free Bill Serial Port Monitor. This software allows you to view, log, analyse the activity of your full duplex serial RS-232 port.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. SUDT AccessPort icon

    SUDT AccessPort

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    AccessPort is serial port monitoring tool for technicians, engineers and software developers designing or debugging serial port related projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Serial Port Assistant icon

    Serial Port Assistant

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    This project is a cross-platform serial port assistant. It can run on Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Serial Port Assistant is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Port Kill.

    • Serial Port Assistant is Free and Open SourcePort Kill is also Free and Open Source
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