Beacon v1.3.0

Added

• Port override: start any project on a specific port instead of its default, from a field in the project detail panel. Also surfaced automatically as a retry prompt when a project exits because its port was already taken.

Changed

• Projects that share a generic subfolder name (e.g. sibling frontend/backend folders) are now disambiguated with their wrapper folder's name instead of showing the same generic name on every card.
• Unmodified default framework favicons (Vite, CRA, Next.js) are now recognized and replaced with a colored initial-letter avatar, instead of showing the same stock logo on every uncustomized project.
• A detected dev-server port is now verified to actually accept a connection before being shown as ready, cutting down on premature "refused to connect" errors.

Fixed

• A project could be silently auto-restarted much later if a Restart's stop call failed and left its pending-restart flag stuck.
• The "Active Ports" stat card was plotting the same sparkline data as "Running Now" instead of its own history.

Beacon v1.2.1

See the changelog for details.

Beacon v1.2.0

First public release of Beacon — a local dev-server control center for Windows.

Install

Download Beacon_1.2.0_x64-setup.exe below and run it.

What's in this build

• Auto-discovers Node/npm and static HTML/CSS/JS projects in a folder you choose
• Detects framework and package manager (npm/pnpm/yarn/bun) and starts each project correctly
• Live logs, port auto-detection, and CPU/memory stats per project
• Favicon resolution (including inline data-URI and Vite/CRA public/ assets)
• Built-in static file server for no-build-step HTML/CSS/JS projects
• System tray integration with single-instance handling and crash notifications
• Pin, search, and filter projects; excludable folders
• Keyboard-accessible dark UI with a consistent design system

See the README for full details and build-from-source instructions.