Simple Dev Server Viewer

A small task manager for local dev servers.

AI coding agents are pretty good at starting test servers. They are not always as good at turning them off. This app gives you one place to see what is running, which ports it is using, and how to stop it.

What It Does

• Finds active local servers and shows their ports, commands, folders, memory use, and uptime.
• Recognizes common frameworks, runtimes, databases, and Docker services.
• Lets you open a server in your browser, reveal its project folder, or stop its process tree.
• Shows likely dev services by default, with a toggle for everything else.
• Runs on Windows 10/11, macOS, and Linux.
• Has no accounts, telemetry, cloud services, or background process.

Run It Yourself

Install the platform requirements from the building guide, then:

git clone https://github.com/timdreesen/simple-dev-server-viewer.git
cd simple-dev-server-viewer
npm install
npm run tauri dev

To build an installer:

npm run tauri build

The finished builds will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

What It Recognizes

There is built-in support for Next.js, Astro, Vite, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Remix, Angular, webpack, Parcel, Rails, Node.js, Bun, Deno, Python, PHP, .NET, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Supabase, and common dev ports.

Docker containers are detected and labeled, but the app will not stop them.

How It Works

The Rust backend scans listening ports, matches them to running processes, and sends the results to the React interface.

• src-tauri/src/lib.rs: scanner, service detection, Docker info, and process controls
• src/App.tsx: app behavior and interface
• src/App.css: styling

Downloads

Grab the latest Windows, macOS, or Linux build from Releases.

On Windows, choose the file ending in windows-x64-PORTABLE.exe to run the app without installing it. The .exe ending in nsis.exe and the .msi file are installers.

The builds are currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen or macOS Gatekeeper may show a warning.

License

MIT