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portop for Mac

Terminal UI showing which processes are using TCP and UDP ports

Quick answer: portop is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install portop. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 320 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What portop is

portop is a terminal emulator for macOS: terminal UI showing which processes are using TCP and UDP ports.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/padovanl/portop.

How to install portop

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install portop.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install portop on Mac?

Run brew install portop in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is portop open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does portop run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is portop?

It was installed 320 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #1947 in this catalogue.

What version of portop is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.3.1.