# Install killport

Command-line tool to kill processes listening on a specific port. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:killport
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install killport
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install killport
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/killport/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#killport
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/killport/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install killport
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: killport from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:killport
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/killport>
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool to kill processes listening on a specific port
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jkfran/killport>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jkfran/killport>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/jkfran/killport#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/jkfran/killport/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- killport (cli)
- killport (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.0.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/jkfran/killport
- Upstream latest detected: v2.0.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** killport
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - killport: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/killport/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - killport - 2.0.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: killport from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A tool to easily kill processes running on a specified port | https://github.com/jkfran/killport
- MacPorts - killport: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/killport/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph