kill-dev

Are you also to dumb to remember simple kill ports command? I've got your back. A powerful CLI tool to find and kill development server processes on specified or common dev ports.

Features

• 🔍 Automatically scans common development ports (Next.js, React, Vite)
• 🎯 Supports specific port numbers or port ranges
• 📋 Interactive process selection
• 💪 Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Installation

1. Install the package:
   This method is currently not available, you'll have to install it from the source code.

npm install -g @remcostoeten/kill-development-ports

1. Install from source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/remcostoeten/kill-development-ports.git
cd kill-development-ports
rm -rf assets README.md LICENSE
npm i -g 
echo 'reload terminal and you should be able to use the command'

If npm fails try --force or use pnpm.

For other shortcuts add in your .zshrc or .bashrc
alias x='kill-dev'

Usage

# Scan default ports (3000-3010, 5173-5183)
kill-dev

# Scan specific port
kill-dev 3000

# Scan multiple ports
kill-dev 3000 8080

# Scan port range
kill-dev 3000-3005

# Mix ports and ranges
kill-dev 3000 8000-8010

Alternative Command

You can also use the kill-port command which works exactly the same:

kill-port 3000

Interactive Selection

1. The tool will scan for processes on the specified ports
2. Select processes using:
   • Space to select/deselect individual processes
   • a to toggle all processes
   • i to invert selection
   • Enter to confirm and proceed

Default Ports

• Next.js/React: 3000-3010
• Vite: 5173-5183

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14.0.0

License

MIT © Remco Stoeten