Best for Scripts and one-off checks when you already know what you’re looking for.
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Stat Space vs lsof & Terminal
Stat Space vs lsof for finding ports
lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P tells you a process name and a PID. Stat Space tells you it’s next dev from ~/code/acme-web, started by Claude Code 41 minutes ago, bound to your whole network, and lets you stop it in one click.
Best for Developers who want system stats plus ports, agents and keep-awake in one light menu bar app.
Stat Space lsof & Terminal
Process and PID on a port
Project folder and framework —
Launcher: terminal, editor, agent, Docker —
Uptime —
Exposed-to-LAN warning Read the address yourself
Docker container & image Pro —
Open, copy URL, QR for phone, stop —
Scriptable
statspace ports --json For AI agents MCP server Shell access
Where lsof & Terminal shines
- Always there, on every Mac and server.
- Composable with grep, awk and the rest of your shell.
- No app to install.
What Stat Space adds
- The answer, not the raw data: framework, project, launcher and uptime in one row.
- A live count of listening ports in the menu bar.
- One click to open, copy the URL, show a QR code for your phone, or stop it.
statspace portsandstatspace kill 3000when you do want the terminal.- MCP tools so agents check ports before starting yet another server.
Use both?
Keep lsof for scripts on machines without Stat Space. On your Mac, statspace ports gives the same list with the context lsof doesn’t have.
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