Portview MCP Server
portview lists ports and the processes using them on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It shows process names, commands, memory usage, and uptime. You can inspect a port, stop its process, or monitor changes in an interactive terminal UI.
People who work with devtools, linux and port and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-07 · ★ 58 · #140 OF 168 MAINTAINED DEVELOPER TOOLS · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.Mapika is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
02 · What Portview can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Limitations (from the README)
- Linux: Other users' ports are listed, but naming the process needs sudo (it reads /proc/ /fd/). Rows you can't attribute show - for PID, user, process, and command rather than being hidden. - macOS: Other users' ports are not listed without sudo - sockets are enumerated per process via proc_pidfdinfo, so a process that can't be opened contributes nothing to enumerate. For the same reason doctor cannot detect TIME_W
Latest releases
v2.1.0 · 2026-08-01
add a Dockerfile; fix musl time_t deprecation warning · stop hiding ports whose owner cannot be resolved · diagnose remote hosts with nothing installed on them · expand wildcard exposure checks · avoid panic converting…
v2.0.2 · 2026-07-31
correct MCP Registry namespace casing (2.0.2)
v2.0.1 · 2026-07-31
list portview in the official MCP Registry (2.0.1)
03 · Who maintains Portview
portview is maintained by mapika. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.
04 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/mapika/portview
- category
- developer tools - ranked #140 of 168 actively-maintained developer tools servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 4 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-01)
- registry
- io.github.Mapika/portview (active, first published 2026-07-31 · 2 versions)
- packages
- cargo:portview
05 · Portview FAQ
What is Portview?
portview lists ports and the processes using them on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It shows process names, commands, memory usage, and uptime. You can inspect a port, stop its process, or monitor changes in an interactive terminal UI.
Is Portview still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-07 and it shipped 4 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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