Gretl: A Menu Bar Port Manager for Developers with CLI and SDK Support
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Gretl
23d ago· 1 min readenProduct
38/100
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Summary
Gretl is a developer tool that acts as a port manager, sitting in the menu bar to monitor all ports on a machine. It allows developers to name, group, start, stop, and share ports, solving the common problem of identifying what's running on a specific port. It works standalone or alongside existing tools and includes a CLI, SDKs for Python/Ruby/Node, and a configuration file (gr.toml) for team collaboration.
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· 3 pulledso 'what's running on 3001?' is never a mystery
Works standalone or alongside your existing tools
Ships with a CLI (gr list, gr start), a Python/Ruby/Node SDK, and a gr.toml you can commit so teammates get the same setup automatically
Gretl is a port manager for developers. It sits in your menu bar, watches every port on your machine, and lets you name, group, start, stop, and share them — so "what's running on 3001?" is never a mystery. Works standalone or alongside your existing tool
